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John Romero recieves lifetime achievement award

March 23, 2023VG247

For his work on DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein and far more, the Galway resident gets a well-earned reward. John Romero has justwon the lifetime achievement award, for this work on DOOM, Quake, Wolfenstein and far more from his decades long career. The award was given out as part of the Game Developers Choice Awards, which gives out prestigious awards to both indie and AAA games alike. As part of a developer-focused show, it’s one of the most pretigious awards going. What better way to celebrate Romero’s legacy than playing Quake with a nude mod? If you asked him, he’d be cool…

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John Romero on what makes a good modern FPS, why the blockchain isn’t ready for games yet, and… cookbooks?

July 20, 2022VG247

Sitting down at Brighton beach during Develop 2022, John Romero shares his thoughts on a variety of topics. John Romero is a big name in the video game industry, and for good reason. Co-founder of Id Software and one of the minds responsible for primordial giants in the FPS genre like Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Hexen. Today, he and the team at Romero Games call Galway their home, tinkering away at modern titles like Empire of Sin for the contempory audience. I was lucky enough to meet John Romero last week, not in hell, but in an equally hot Brighton…

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Preview: Empire Of Sin is a seamless blend of four different gangster games

November 6, 2020RockPaperShotgun

There are two, pretty obvious, factors by which I judge strategy games: how immediately satisfying they are to play, and how well that satisfaction holds up in the long run. Success in the first respect is often a trade-off for success in the second, as the things that dazzle on day one become dulled by the cumulative effect of small design problems. It’s hard, then, to take the measure of a big ol’ strategy game during a limited preview play session. But after just a day with it, I have high hopes that Empire Of Sin, the extraordinary prohibition gangster…

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Strategy game Empire of Sin will be released in December

September 17, 2020VG247

Empire of Sin, the strategy title from Romero Games, will be released on December 1.Empire of Sin puts you at the heart of the criminal underworld of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.In it you will “hustle, charm, and intimidate” your way to the top do whatever it takes to stay there.The character-driven, noir-inspired game outs you in the middle of the roaring 20s, where you will work behind the scenes in the underbelly of organized crime.If you are unfamiliar with the game, here’s the synopsis and a list of features:Slip into the shoes of one of the fourteen real and historically inspired…

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