STACK #139 May 2016

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Founder Nic Short Editor-in-Chief Paul Jones Film & DVD Editor Scott Hocking Music Editor Zoë Radas JuniorWriter Alesha Kolbe Creative Director Justin Buxton DVD Consultant Michelle Black Games Consultant Andre Eivik

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Issue 139 MAY 2016

WELCOME Few games are more identifiable than DOOM . Its legacy as a genre-shaping franchise is practically incomparable, and the title’s DNA strands permeate contemporary first-

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person shooters. What a handful of young, prescient developers with a united vision achieved back in 1993 is now seared into video game mythology. Resurrecting such a revered property is not for the faint-hearted, and series progenitor, id Software, is in an unenviable position with rebooting DOOM . On one hand, you have the hardcore old guard hoping to tap into a nostalgia-infused gaming experience, while on the other, there is a New Model Army, disinterested in lengthy campaigns and eager to race online to battle with all the trimmings of a latest CoD. So where exactly does DOOM fit, in 2016? Expectations were predictably varied ahead of the multiplayer open beta, and while it drew a somewhat vocal response from the community when it concluded, id Software were left with one certainty: people still care about DOOM . I intend to leap into the single-player and imagine that I’m once again that wide-eyed boy from the mid ‘90s. Paul Jones, Editor-in-Chief

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