John Romero celebrates Doom's 25th anniversary with Sigil, a free fifth chapter for the original game

Today’s the 25th anniversary of Doom, if you can believe it. On December 10, 1993 people first stepped foot onto a demon-infested Mars, courtesy of id Software. And while id’s upcoming sequel Doom Eternal is the next official follow-up, Mr. Doom himself a.k.a. John Romero today revealed his own personal celebration of Doom’s legacy, titled Sigil.It’s an enormous Doom WAD basically (or colloquially: a megawad), a mod like any of the other hundreds of mods out there—except this one’s built by Romero himself, of course. Romero’s calling it an “unofficial spiritual successor to Ultimate Doom’s fourth episode,” making it Doom’s fifth episode in all-but-name. Romero says he’s been working on it “while I was on vacation or in the evenings” for the last two years, prepping for the anniversary. (Yes, Romero’s also working on something else apparently, and says it “will be done when it’s done.”)To read this article in full, please click here