PC Gamer

id Software co-founder John Romero was apparently one week removed from co-founding a completely different icon of PC gaming, but he'd already made plans

Gaming Industry Days after launching their first indie game, everyone responsible for publishing it was laid off: 'We had a Slack channel with everyone in it, and then you see them leaving one by one' ...
PC Gamer

FPS legend John Romero says Wolfenstein 3D was the first game id Software took its time with⁠—a luxurious 4-month development instead of just 2

In a recent appearance on Nightdive Studios' Deep Dive podcast, Doom designer John Romero talked about the ways id Software casually revolutionized PC gaming in the early '90s, all on a blistering ...
The Verge

The birth of id Software

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. In 1990, John Romero, John Carmack, and Tom Hall were working at Louisiana software maker Softdisk.

id Software, makers of DOOM, forms union — Microsoft faces new labor era

id Software is an iconic studio, well-known for its work on games such as the DOOM and Quake franchises. Earlier this year, id Software launched its latest game, DOOM: The Dark Ages, which was ...