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Steam has a very good deal for anyone itching for id action this weekend. 1up is reporting that all id software will be 50% this weekend - including the amazing id super pack, which includes everything from early titles to Doom 3. That’s 22 mostly great games (ok, Hexen kind of sucks, but everything else is pretty hot) for $34.99, and certainly the bargain of the week.

The only big game not included in the special is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, which is still sitting at $29.99. Still, anyone looking for serious bang for their buck would be crazy not to jump on this offer - after all, we can all use a little Doom in our lives.

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id Software has announced that it is looking for people to join its internal development team for the upcoming horror first-person shooter, Doom 4.

No information was given about the game, such as new features, story, or even what platform(s) it will end up on.  All we know right now is that it’s being - or going to be - made.  Here’s the not-so-surprising call for…

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One of the most renowned first-person shooters also has a fairly strong line of books to give it a back-story. The book count is currently at five novels with four specifically focusing on the events of original conception of the Doom.

Worlds on Fire covers the events of Doom 3 following Lieutenant John Kane. Kane saves marines from what would otherwise be a…

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It’s time for yet another edition of lame game movie nights, wherein our intrepid columnist takes in a double feature of videogame films and lives to tell the experience. This time, we’re diving right in to a subgenre of a subgenre – the horror videogame movie. Since the games that these films are based off of are much more terrifying than their film counterparts, we were in for a real “treat” this week when we survived Doom and House of the Dead.

I began the night with Doom (2005) a dumb but competent horror-action flick. The film is loosely based on the famous early FPS, and involves a bunch of burly space Marines (led by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) that are tasked with exploring and protecting the few civilians left on an extraterrestrial archeological dig. Of course, there are monsters running around dark corridors, and plenty of fan-service shots (mimicking the FPS view), so the plot stays true to the franchise.

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