When the original DOOM launched in 1993, it was a true bolt from the blue. It wasn’t the first FPS ever made, an honor belonging to Wolfenstein 3D, but it was the game that really showed just how ...

Thomas Koehler has enjoyed gaming for most of his life. It is a passion he takes great pride in, along with his career in writing and filmmaking. Thomas has played through three different generations ...

Wadiur is a writer on Game Rant. He focuses his gaming attention on single-player indie titles with the occasional AAA game thrown in the mix. Doom pioneered FPS genre mechanics, influencing many ...

Based on leaked assets, the original concept of DOOM was far different from the finished game, and it was ultimately the ...

It's hard to imagine what first-person shooters would be like today, if they were to exist at all, without the original DOOM, released back on December 10, 1993, for MS-DOS. A lone super soldier, the ...

Have you played Doom: The Dark Ages yet? Good, isn't it? id Software keeps finding new places to take one of the oldest formulas in gaming, and the fact it managed to get both a quasi-medieval setting ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

Doom: The Dark Ages gets a lot right with its gameplay. The shield parrying is a welcome addition to the FPS space, and each of its weapons — a personal favorite being the evergreen shotgun — is both ...

Better is a tricky word, though, because it’s challenging, much like the franchise is meant to be. The enemies are more or less the same, but the gunplay, much like most of the Doom games, stands the ...

Daniel has been playing games for entirely too many years, with his Steam library currently numbering nearly 750 games and counting. When he's not working or watching anime, he's either playing or ...