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Barely two weeks after the release of Doom Builder 2.1.0, CodeImp has put up a new version, bringing it to revision 1356. The highlights of this version include: Updated ZDBSP to fix some critical nodebuilding issues (which you noticed only in-game when testing) Fixed crash that occurred when sectors had insane amount of sidedefs Fixed some DECORATE support issues Added a bunch of features for plugins Proper compiler and syntax highligh...

The International Doom League and TastySpleen TastyCast will close out the 8th IDL season with MasterBowl VIII as the IDC's Electric Bills face off against the WDC's Berserker Packers. This game marks the first time that both conference leaders were eliminated from Championship contention as both #1 seeds were dealt upsets. This is the first time in league history that both conference leaders failed to progress to the championship game. IDL'...

st.alfonzo on Infernal Venice: "Now I've been to Venice before, I have, and to this day I remember it in all of its wondrous detail as though it were only yesterday [...] But if there's something about Venice that I remember wholly above everything else, something that pries upon my mind utterly, compulsively, and without breadth of mercy, it's got to be the mother fudging pigeons. [...] Lorenzo's Infernal Venice, however, has no pigeons. None ...

The Cyberdemon is currently duking it out on Gamespot with 63 other video game baddies for the title of All Time Greatest Game Villain. You can show him some love directly by voting for him at this link.

Two years after the last major version release, Odamex 0.5.0 has been released. This new version of Odamex introduces dozens of bug fixes, new features, and useful optimizations for server administrators and players alike.Improved netplay will be the most noticable optimizations for most users in Odamex 0.5. Default rate caps have been raised for both client and server which allows for bandwidth intensive coop games (Scythe 2 Map25 for instance...

Skulltag has returned to Skulltag.com due to recent events. Skulltag.net now redirects to the new address, but you should probably update your bookmarks anyway.

After quite some time, CodeImp has released a new version of Doom Builder 2, bringing it to version 2.1.0 (not to be confused with the previous version, which was 2.0.1). The highlights of this version include: Docked panels: Panels on the left or right side that can optionally hide automatically. Built-in panels provide mass undo/redo functionality and edit selection controls. Plugins can also add panels. Include system for game configurat...

On the 6th of August, Syncerror of id Software declared that Quake Live, id's browser-based free-to-play dueling game, is now officially out of beta. With the addition of long awaited features like premium accounts, new maps, additional game modes, and others, the game is looking better than ever. While it is still free to play for anyone, the premium service gives users special features, such as private servers, extra maps, etc....

After ZDoom and Risen 3D, it is PrBoom+'s turn to get a new official version. The changelog shows a lot of compatibility and improvements, many bug fixes, and several new features, including suppport for DeePBSP and uncompressed ZDBSP nodes, dynamic music changing through the new MUSINFO lump (also supported by the aforementioned ports), and improved music playback through a custom version of the SDL_Mixer library. On the GLBoom+ front, there i...

As the subject states, Risen3D v2.2.08 has been released. It is available from the Risen3D homepage. This is mainly a service release that addresses some issues that were discovered in the previous version. A list of some of the changes can be viewed here.

After what has no doubt been a very long development period, Stronghold: On the Edge of Chaos, Tormentor667's latest project, has been released to the public. This massive project takes the Invasion game mode from Skulltag, and turns it into something much more challenging by introducing strongholds, which the player must defend from the oncoming swarms of demons. It is personally recommended by the testing team that, if you are not an experien...

id Software has just released the source code of Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory under the GPL. Download it from the id software FTP server:Return to Castle Wolfenstein (single player) Return to Castle Wolfenstein (multiplayer) Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory...

So, QuakeCon has kicked off, and three sizable chunks of info have already bounced away regarding id. The bad news? There won't be any showing of Doom 4 this year. It's just not ready yet, sadly. The good news? Rage and id Tech 5 are coming to iPhone, with a small "showoff" release this year and something more substantial when the PC game is released. And the crap news? id Tech 5 won't be licensed outside of Bethesda's stable of studios - appar...

iPhone Doom games (Doom Classic, Doom Resurrection, Doom and Doom II RPG) are on sale for reduced prices at the iPhone App Store through the end of QuakeCon, August 15. There is also a QuakeCon 2010 pack on Steam, which includes a number of id and Bethesda games.

iPhone Doom games (Doom Classic, Doom Resurrection, Doom and Doom II RPG) are on sale for reduced prices at the iPhone App Store through the end of QuakeCon, August 15. There is also a QuakeCon 2010 pack on Steam, which includes a number of id and Bethesda games.

ZDoom's SVN repository reached r2500 recently. Shortly after, ZDoom 2.5.0 is there, followed by GZDoom 1.5.0. The highlight is the new "MiniBSP" system which harnesses the internal nodebuilder to allow polyobjects to have any arbitrary shape, instead of being limited to convexity. They can also travel all around the map. But there are also many other important changes, such as non-compressed extended nodes (also supported by PrBoom+ and Eternit...

If you had never played Doom before and tried it now for the first time, what would your first impressions be? kotaku.com has this interesting review of Doom by Stephen Totilo, a gamer and FPS player who, until a few days ago, had gone through the game's 17 year history without playing it. He describes some of his first impressions and the surprises that he encountered....

WildWeasel on CQB: There is nothing I enjoy seeing more than an attempt at turning Doom into something else. However, that enjoyment soon faded after I started CQB by Blackshadow Software, because of all the things I like seeing in Doom, another modern warfare game isn't really one of them.

Steve Rot's Doom Tribute is released and available for free download. The 34 song collection contains two volumes: Hell On Earth: Steve Rot's Doom 2 Tribute, and Phobos Anomaly: Steve Rot's Doom Tribute. For download link and more info, visit his MySpace music page.

The latest issue of PlayStation Magazine has a Hands on Preview of id Software's RAGE that may be worth your time. It has new screenshots and more information about the game.