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GDC Summer event announced for August 2020

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Time Stamp: March 19, 2020 11:50 PM - Modified On: March 19, 2020 - Published By:
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Looking to deliver on their promise of a reschedule, a new GDC Summer events has been announced for August to replace the canceled event in March. In the thick of game industry and esports events postponed or outright canceled due to growing coronavirus concerns, GDC 2020 was one of the biggest to fall on the chopping block, but it wasn’t canceled outright. Rather, GDC claimed to be postponing the event to determine whether or not a summer event could be planned in place of the original March 2020 plans. Those

Apollo 11 Situations: John Romero on Porting Doom and Wolfenstein 3D

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Time Stamp: March 18, 2020 7:01 PM - Modified On: March 18, 2020 - Published By:
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id Software's co-founder recounts converting Wolfenstein 3D to Super NES in three weeks, how the studio viewed ports of its games, and more. Working at id Software in the 1990s was like working inside a bunker, only with more pizza, soda, and video games. The studio started small and remained small through development of Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, and Doom. After Doom's release in December 1993, John Romero turned his attention to scouting for opportunities to collaborate on external projects related to id's games, namely strategy guides and ports. Romero

Coronavirus: Which gaming events are canceled and what’s still on?

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Time Stamp: March 13, 2020 6:05 AM - Modified On: March 13, 2020 - Published By:
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COVID-19 coronavirus has led to the cancellation or postponement of numerous video game and esports events. Some are still going on as scheduled. Shacknews offers a growing list of what's been canceled and what's still on. The world is in the midst of a pandemic, one of the biggest to plague the planet in the last century. Like every other industry, the video game world is feeling its effects. COVID-19 coronavirus has led to the closure of dozens of events, with many more potentially still to come. With events being