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Another id Software game has been rated

June 29, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 29 June 2021 10:45 GMT Another new id Software title has been rated in Australia, and this time the classification documents refer to Project 2021B – but what could it be?Earlier this year, we saw Doom Eternal VR revealed early by the Australian ratings board when a game called ‘Project 2021A’ was classified under the “virtual reality” category. Two months after the classification was spotted, the studio announced it was for Doom 3: VR Edition.Now, the ratings board is at it again (via Gematsu). This time, we’ve seen a slight progression in the naming convention and the feature of the game…

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The Doom Eternal RTX 3080 Ti 4K ray tracing gameplay trailer is stunning

June 1, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt 1 June 2021 10:17 GMT To help show off the RTX 3080 Ti, Nvidia teamed up with id Software to show off some Doom Eternal gameplay – and it’s stunning.The gameplay demo, which you can check out below, is powered by id’s proprietary idTech engine and the footage captured in the video is running on a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at 4K with ray tracing enabled.This is the first time we’ve seen the game show off raytracing – and it’s gorgeous. The video description says the trailer lets you “experience the game’s stunning visual fidelity and frantic action…

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“There are more stories to tell with the Doom Slayer” says Doom Eternal dev

March 28, 2021VG247

Doom Eternal has just wrapped up the rebooted series’ story, the one that kicked off with Doom in 2016, but that doesn’t mean id Software is done with the series just yet.In an interview with Polygon, Doom Eternal game director Hugo Martin has dropped some hints that the series could go on to cover more, untold stories in the future – and that the story of rebooted Doom, really, could only just be beginning.“While this is the end of the story arc that began in Doom (2016), we planted a lot of stakes in the ground with that story,” Martin…

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We could have got a female Doom Slayer in Doom Eternal

February 22, 2021VG247

By Dom Peppiatt, Monday, 22 February 2021 15:02 GMT Doom Eternal’s creative director has put “a lot of thought” into adding a female Doom Slayer into the series and has given an insight into how she’d feel if she made it into a game.As picked up by VGC, id’s Hugo Martin has revealed that adding a female protagonist to the ultra-violent shooter was an ideal that has been actively chatted about by the developers over at the studio.“I’ve thought about [adding a female Doom Slayer,]” he said in a Twitch stream. “I think if we did it, I’d want it…

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