When the original Doom came out in 1993, it wasn't the first first-person shooter, but it was the introduction to the genre ...

Like all Microsoft-published games, Doom: The Dark Ages will be available to play on Game Pass Ultimate at launch. However, “launch” means the release date of the standard edition, which is May 15. If ...

Nine years on from Doom’s beloved reboot, the series is now harkening back to The Dark Ages for its next installment. Taking a trip back in time, the upcoming release focuses on the origins of the ...

DoomPDF is a groundbreaking technological achievement that lets you play the classic DOOM game directly within PDF documents. Created by developer Anthony Ding, this innovative implementation ...

Just when you think id Software’s Doom, originally released in 1993 for MS-DOS, has been ported to every conceivable platform—seriously, it’s run on toasters, fridges, calculators ...

Here at Ars, we're suckers for stories about hackers getting Doom running on everything from CAPTCHA robot checks and Windows' notepad.exe to AI hallucinations and fluorescing gut bacteria.

We don't know where, or even if, the inherent need to port seminal shooter DOOM to the most unlikely hardware imaginable will ever cease. In any case, a high school student has somehow managed to ...

A high school student found a way to run the classic PC game Doom from within a PDF file by leveraging the format's support for JavaScript and the Chromium browser engine.

There is a race to see who can bend the PDF file format to do the most impressive thing. Considering the more-than-30-year-old shooter, Doom, has been ported to many unexpected places, it was ...

A high school student has ported Doom (1993) to a PDF file, offering a slow but playable experience. Doom's compact size allows players to run it on unconventional devices, like the Nintendo ...

There was a particular moment just a few hours into my Dynasty Warriors: Origins playthrough when I felt that I was truly witnessing something special. I was at Hulao Gate, the imposing fortress ...

Though the same couldn't be said for most of us mere mortals, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch had a productive festive period, resulting in a CAPTCHA that requires the user to kill three monsters in Doom – ...