id Software News Articles
Tuesday12th Oct 2021
News Quake On Switch Now Supports Mouse And Keyboard Controls
Part of the "first major update"
One of the standout releases on the Nintendo Switch this year has been the enhanced version of the original Quake title, celebrating 25 years of id Software's first-person arena shooter. The game got its "first major update" for the Switch and multiple other platforms last week, but one thing you might have missed...
Friday8th Oct 2021
News Quake Receives Its "First Major Update" For Nintendo Switch
Improvements, bug fixes and more
The enhanced version of Quake was released on the Nintendo Switch back in August, and now a few months later the game has received its very first "major update" for all platforms. It includes improvements to the controls, maps, online multiplayer, bots, and a lot of bug fixes. Here are the full patch notes, courtesy...
Tuesday5th Oct 2021
Random Doomguy And Isabelle Are Together At Last In Smash Bros.
Doomguy is very happy about it; Isabelle has yet to comment
People have been making jokes about the wholesome pairing of Doomguy (from DOOM) and Isabelle (from Animal Crossing) since the meme started, and after ringing in the new year in January together, they're finally confirmed to be in the sa
Friday20th Aug 2021
News Limited Run Games Announces Quake Physical Edition For Nintendo Switch
Pre-orders go live next week
Stop right there - if you haven't already picked up a copy of Quake from the Switch eShop, you might want to hold out for the physical copy instead. Following on from the big announcement earlier on, Limited Run Games has revealed it'll be opening pre-orders next week on 27th August for a standard, deluxe and ultimate...
News DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two Arrives On Switch Next Week
Return to Hell
QuakeCon 2021 has kicked off with plenty of exciting announcements. While most of the focus is on the Quake remaster - which is out now on the Switch, there has also been some other news for Nintendo fans. Doom Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two will be arriving on Nintendo Switch on 26th August. That's next week! According to...
Wednesday11th Aug 2021
News Get Up To 70% Off On Select Bethesda Titles During QuakeCon 2021 (North America)
DOOM, Elder Scrolls and more!
It's that time of the year where things are starting to get busy again with more live stream events. Apart from Nintendo's Indie World presentation today, we've also got Gamescom later this month and QuakeCon 2021. Ahead of QuakeCon, which begins on 19th August, Nintendo is hosting a special
Friday23rd Jul 2021
News Another Free Add-On Is Now Available For Classic Doom On Switch
Introducing Earthless: Prelude
If you love free content for retro games, today is your lucky day. The id Software classics DOOM and DOOM II have received another add-on. This time it's the Earthless: Prelude which is a spiritual successor to the 2018 megawad Deathless - created by James “Jimmy” Paddock
Tuesday20th Jul 2021
Random John Romero's PC Port Of Super Mario Bros. 3 Turns Up On A Floppy In A Museum
Where it belongs
You may remember a few years ago when veteran game developer and DOOM legend John Romero released a video of a PC port demo of Super Mario Bros. 3 originally built as a pitch to Nintendo back in 1990. Well, the full demo has now turned up in a bunch of data donated to the Strong National Museum of Play in the US. The team that...
Saturday3rd Jul 2021
News DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part Two Expected To Arrive On Switch "Later This Year"
A new single-player horde mode is also on the way
During Nintendo's E3 presentation last month, the DOOM Eternal Part One DLC got a surprise release. Alongside this, Bethesda confirmed the second part would be arriving on Nintendo's hybrid platform at a later date, and now DOOM Eternal's executive producer Marty Stratton has reiterated this in his...
Wednesday16th Jun 2021
News Hell Yeah! DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods - Part One Is Out Now On Switch
"Part Two will arrive at a later date"
It's been a long wait for Nintendo Switch DOOM fans, but today the DOOM Eternal Part One DLC has finally arrived. Yes, after landing on other platforms last October, during the Nintendo Direct it was revealed The Ancient Gods - Part One DLC was out now on Switch. It'll set you back $19.99 USD or you can grab...
Monday24th May 2021
Random DOOM CAPTCHAs Are Way More Fun Than "Click Here If You're Not A Robot"
R1_p_4N--d...t3aR
No one likes CAPTCHAs. We all understand that they're a necessary evil, to stop evil robots from infiltrating our favourite Metroid fanfic forums and writing nonsense about Samus Aran and Mother Brain kissing, but do they have to be so terribly boring? It's all, "click here to prove you're human" and "please select all squares...
Tuesday30th Mar 2021
News Limited Run Games Is Releasing A DOOM Classics Collection For Nintendo Switch
Book your return to Hell on April 2nd
If you've been holding out for a physical copy of the classic DOOM games, you might be interested in reading on... Physical specialist Limited Run Games has announced the DOOM: The Classics Collection is coming to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It contains DOOM, DOOM II
Tuesday23rd Mar 2021
News id Software Tells Fans To "Stay Tuned" For More DOOM Eternal Updates Later This Year
Switch players are still waiting for The Ancient Gods
Last week, id Software dropped DOOM Eternal's second DLC, The Ancient Gods - Part Two, on every platform but the Switch. Despite the fact the Nintendo version of the game hasn't even got the first part of the expansion yet, executive producer Marty Stratton and game director Hugo Martin have now...
Tuesday23rd Feb 2021
News We Might See A Female Slayer In A Future DOOM Game
"I think if we did it, I’d want it to be lethal"
A still from 2019's direct-to-video Doom: Annihilation, which is the closest we've gotten to a female Slayer so far Demon-slaying in DOOM has always been something of a man's game, but id Software’s Hugo Martin has revealed that the team behind the series has been discussing bringing a female...
Wednesday17th Feb 2021
News DOOM Eternal's Part Two DLC Has Been Rated In Australia
Can the Switch have part one now?
After a delay, DOOM Eternal finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch at the end of last year as a digital-only release. Since then, Switch fans have been waiting for the first part of the DLC "The Ancient Gods" to arrive. While an official FAQ previously revealed it would be coming to the Nintendo version at a "later...
Monday15th Feb 2021
News Panic Button Explains Why DOOM Eternal's Cutscenes Run At 20fps On Switch
"I think there are still improvements we can make"
DOOM Eternal is undeniably one of the Switch's more impressive ports. Brought across by port specialists Panic Button, gameplay successfully runs at a solid 30 frames per seconds. When compared to the PS4 and Xbox One editions, however, it took a significant visual hit. As part of this perfor
Thursday4th Feb 2021
News ZeniMax Founder Robert A. Altman Has Died
RIP Robert A. Altman, 1947-2021
Bethesda announced on Twitter today the passing of their founder and CEO, Robert A. Altman. "He was a true visionary, friend, and believer in the spirit of people and the power of what they could accomplish together," they said in the tweet, with an attached statement that said they are "proud to carry on the values...
Sunday17th Jan 2021
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of DOOM Eternal On Switch
"some of the finest work Panic Button has done yet"
Digital Foundry was overloaded with next-generation analysis late last year, but now that things have slowed down it's finally returning to the Nintendo Switch. In its latest video, John Linneman takes a look at Panic Button's port of DOOM Eternal. So what's it like? It's described as a technical...
Saturday2nd Jan 2021
Random Doomguy And Animal Crossing's Isabelle See In The New Year Together On Twitter
"happy new horizons"
Perhaps the most unlikely duo in 2020 was Doomguy and Isabelle. It all started when DOOM Eternal got delayed until 20th March, knocking the release date back to the same day as Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The internet thought it was a match made in
Thursday17th Dec 2020
News Doom Eternal Gets Even More Eternal With Massive 2021 Updates
But will that include DLC?
We don't imagine it's easy to be making games from home offices during the pandemic, but id Software's certainly making a good go of it. In a Twitter post on Tuesday, 16th December, the DOOM Eternal creators spoke of their 2021 plans, including The Ancient Gods - Part Two, the second part of the DLC which is not yet out on...
Wednesday16th Dec 2020
News Hell Yes! DOOM And DOOM II Just Got Another Add-On, And It's Out Today
32 levels featuring new enemies, bosses, sprites and more
If you haven't already downloaded the id Software classics DOOM and DOOM II from the Switch eShop, what the hell are you waiting for? Now there's even more reason to check out both of these titles - with Bethesda today another exciting add-on. Introducing Doom Zero - 32 levels featuring new...
Wednesday2nd Dec 2020
News DOOM Eternal Switch eShop File Size Revealed
Rip and clear some space...
Before Bethesda locked in a release date for DOOM Eternal, there were rumours the physical version had been axed. Now that it has been confirmed this title will be a "digital-only" release, this leaves Switch owners with no option but to make some space on their systems if they want to play it. So how much room will this...
Monday30th Nov 2020
News DOOM Eternal Blasts To Switch In December - Check Out The New Trailer
Go to Hell, finally
Many months after the game's launch on other platforms, Bethesda has put a date on the long-awaited Switch version of id Software's DOOM Eternal: it's finally coming to Switch on 8th December. Following a difficult year for the industry and its audience, there were fears that id Software's ambitious follow up to DOOM 2016 might...
Monday23rd Nov 2020
News Yes, The Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch Can Run DOOM
A stripped-down version, anyway
Nintendo's new Game & Watch handheld was pulled apart in pretty quick order, with hacker stacksmashing digging deep into the system's code before it even officially launched.
Friday20th Nov 2020
News Doom Eternal For Switch Will No Longer Receive A Physical Release
Hell no!
Update [Fri 20th Nov, 2020 04:30 GMT]: Surprise, surprise - the physical version of Doom Eternal for the Nintendo Switch has been cancelled. This game will now be a "digital-only" release. Here's a full response from Bethesda: "While Doom Eternal is 100% on track for an imminent digital-only release on Nintendo Switch, the absence of a...
Wednesday23rd Sep 2020
News Limited Run Reveals Doomguy Helmet Collector's Bundle, Pre-Orders Open This Friday
Yes, you can wear it
If you love DOOM as much as we do, and have played the hell out of the original game on your Nintendo Switch, you might be interested in this new offering from Limited Run Games coming soon. It's a special "limited-edition" classic DOOM helmet collector's bundle. This includes a "full-size" helmet you can wear, a recreation of...
Saturday19th Sep 2020
News DOOM Eternal Switch Release Still Happening, id Software Says It's "Very Close"
Hell, it's about time
DOOM Eternal was released in March on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC - so what's going on with the Switch release? In a recent interview with Digital Foundry's John Linneman during PAX x EGX, id Software's Marty Stratton provided gave Nintendo fans with a long-awaited update. Here's exactly what he had to say: "I wish I...
Saturday4th Jul 2020
News id Software Will Share The Release Date Of DOOM Eternal For Switch "Pretty Soon"
Expect the full experience when it arrives
One blockbuster third-party title that's yet to land on the Switch is DOOM Eternal. This latest entry in the hellish demon-slaying series has been available on other consoles since the 20th March, so what's going on with the Nintendo port? id Software's executive producer Marty Statton previously mentioned...
Friday15th May 2020
News Another Free Add-On Is Now Available For Classic Doom On Switch
Introducing Deathless
Earlier this year, Bethesda added free community-created add-ons (also known as WADs) to DOOM and DOOM II. It started off with the release of unofficial fifth DOOM episode SIGIL and now, even more, are on the way. In an update
Tuesday5th May 2020
News DOOM Eternal Producer Shares id's Side Of The Story After Composer Severs All Ties
"We know Mick will continue to delight fans for many years ahead"
DOOM has a fantastic soundtrack – Mick Gordon's work on the game is second to none, and creates the perfect audio backdrop to rip and tear to. However, Gordon's contribution to the sequel DOOM Eternal – which launches on Switch later this year – has come under scrutiny from fans...
