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Doom co-creator, John Romero, is making new FPS games

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John Romero, one of the main minds behind genre-defining games like Doom, Wolfenstein, and Quake has decided to go back to his roots.

John has announced on Twitter that his studio is expanding. Romero Games, which is co-owned by John and his wife Brenda, was founded in 2015 but hadn’t dabbled in the FPS genre until now.

The studio’s first original release was Gunman Taco Truck, a small crazy indie game that didn’t have too much of an impact. More recently, Romero Games developed Empire of Sin, a game with a much higher budget, that faced a lot of criticism in its reception.

Now, though, the hype is back. John Romero, a name synonymous with the FPS genre working on a new title right at the peak of the retro-fps boom.

The next era

New Blood Interactive made an entire studio out of making “boomer-shooters.” Doom has experienced a resurgence through DOOM 2016 and Eternal. Metal Hellsinger, a sort of rhythm-Doom shooter releases in September.

What can a legendary FPS veteran bring to this blooming age of FPS with the kind of technology that Unreal Engine 5 will bring?

Romero Games seems to be avoiding overhyping this upcoming title, but the very high expectations are impossible to avoid when John’s name is on the table.

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Romero Games

The studio also avoided touching on the Publisher subject, giving away only that it is a “Major Publisher.” It’s safe to admit that Microsoft/Bethesda are not interested in funding a direct competitor to their Doom and Wolfenstein IPs, so who could be working with Romero on this?

Electronic Arts have been betting a lot on smaller studios (with great success so far) so it’s a possibility. The more intriguing one, though, is Sony.

They’ve shown interest in shooters with Returnal and the Dualsense’s Adaptive Triggers could be used to a great length in an FPS with a lot of gun variety.

It’s all speculation, for now. The sky’s the limit for Romero Games, let’s see what they can bring to FPS fans in the next few years.

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