DOOM might be one of the best shooters this year, but a new documentary looks at the troubled times where it was poised to ruin a franchise.

Doom's developers have said that they intend for the seminal, violent shooter to run at 60fps and 1080p.

Bethesda's teased Doom ahead of E3, while a leaker's given us a look at what the older, cancelled version of the game would have looked like.

Rumours be damned! Doom 4 hasn't been shelved, it's just taking a really long time to make.

Rumour suggests that Doom 4 has been shelved following the relatively poor critical receptionof id Software's post-apocalyptic shooter Rage.

John Carmack has stated over the weekend that their upcoming shooter, Doom 4, may need to be shipped on multiple Blu-Ray discs

This is, I suppose, the end of an era. id boss Todd Hollenshead has confirmed that the company won’t be out-sourcing its id Tech 5 engine to third party developers, quite a departure from their history of letting other developers use their engine. Some of gaming’s biggest games and franchises have been built off the back of id Tech engines. …

CVG reports that id has announced the writer for their slightly anticipated Doom sequel is Graham Joyce. Mr Joyce certainly has the qualifications to pen the game as he has received quite a few British Fantasy awards. Hopefully these will translate into some top notch pants-wetting scenarios as the previous Doom game had completely lost touch of what horror or …