Doom franchise (via id Software)

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The Doom franchise is a pioneering and influential series of first-person shooter video games, created by id Software, known for popularizing the genre and advancing 3D graphics and multiplayer gaming.

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instanceOf first-person shooter franchise
video game franchise
awardReceived numerous game of the year awards
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator id Software
culturalImpact popularized the term "Doom clone" for early FPS games
developer id Software
genre first-person shooter
hasAdaptation Doom
surface form: Doom (2005 film)

Doom comic
Doom novels
Doom: Annihilation
inception 1993
influenced Duke Nukem 3D
Halo video game series
surface form: Halo franchise

Heretic (video game)
Hexen: Beyond Heretic
Quake franchise (via id Software)
surface form: Quake franchise

Serious Sam franchise
first-person shooter genre
knownFor WAD file mod support
fast-paced action
modding community
networked multiplayer deathmatch
pioneering 3D graphics in games
mainCharacter Doom Slayer
Doom Slayer
surface form: Doomguy
notableEngine Doom engine
id Tech engine
surface form: id Tech 4

id Tech engine
surface form: id Tech 6

id Tech engine
surface form: id Tech 7
notableWork Doom (1993 video game)
Doom (2016)
surface form: Doom (2016 video game)

Doom 3 (Xbox port)
surface form: Doom 3

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
Doom 64
Doom Eternal
Doom II: Hell on Earth
Final Doom
owner Microsoft
ZeniMax Media
platform Atari Jaguar
Game Boy Advance
Linux
MS-DOS
Nintendo Switch
PlayStation
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Sega 32X
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Windows
Xbox
Xbox 360
Xbox One
macOS
publisher Activision Publishing
surface form: Activision

Bethesda Softworks
GT Interactive
Midway Games
id Software
setting Deimos
Hell
Mars
Phobos
theme demonic invasion
science fiction horror
space marines

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