The original Doom soundtrack joins ‘our national playlist’ in the US Library of Congress

The United States Library of Congress got a little cooler today by inducting the soundtrack of the original Doom into its National Recording Registry. The Doom soundtrack, by composer Bobby Prince, is one of 25 recordings now designated as “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance…

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Subnautica 2 sells 1 million copies in its first hour, and I have to imagine the CEO of Krafton is pouring himself a very stiff drink right about now

The Subnautica 2 early access launch that spawned so much recrimination (and so many billable hours) is finally here, and all that sweat and anger seems kind of funny in hindsight—because after all that drama, Subnautica 2 is good, and it’s a hit, too. Subnautica 2 launched like a rocket on Steam, surging to more…

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Party Animals studio sparks fury with ‘AI video contest,’ apologizes, then makes things even worse by asking if it should hold the contest anyway

Party Animals developer Recreate Games has apologized for an “AI video contest” it announced earlier this week that encouraged players to submit short films created with generative AI tools. It’s not cancelling the contest, though—instead, it’s opened a poll asking followers what it should do. Recreate first announced the contest on May 13, telling followers…

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Garry Newman acknowledges Gmod successor S&box had a bumpy launch, but is baffled by the number of people complaining about NFTs, which aren’t in the game: ‘I have no idea what this s**t is about’

The newly launched content creation platform S&box has 7,693 Steam reviews and they are decidedly “Mixed,” though it definitely has its defenders. Facepunch co-founder and creator of Garry’s Mod Garry Newman has now directly addressed the situation on the studio’s blog, beginning by acknowledging that “our Steam reviews obviously aren’t great. They’re painful for us….

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The story trailer for Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy, an upcoming survival horror game, reveals more of the twisted location and odd inhabitants

Remothered: Red Nun’s Legacy’s latest trailer reveals more of what players can expect from the third installment of the survival horror series. This is the story of one mother’s venture to find her lost daughter along with a group of other young girls, all of whom went missing in Sicily. The trailer picks up 14…

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