There are many things that are cool about the month of October. Mainly because it ends with Halloween, objectively the best special day earthlings have to offer. The Spook Season has the best vibes, so I guess it’s not a surprise that the NaNoWADMo took place during that month. For those who do not know, the NaNoWriMo (standing for National Novel Writing Month) is a month-long contest but foremost a self-challenge spanning each November in which you try to be consistent enough to compose a story made of 50,000 words on about any topic.

And NaNoWADMo is clearly the same vibes, but with WAD mapping. The goal is basically to map something during the 31 days of October. Well, October is sadly over and so is NaNoWADMo. And oh yeah! People did map WADs! I’m particularly looking forward into trying the WADs from Kam Tovalski, Meowgi, Blue Phoenix, Death Bear, Napsalm and cannonball; but just try them all! There are 17 links in the second message of the event and you can head toward the provided link to discover them.

Standalone games based on Doom are getting ever more popular - Hedon is one, but Memoirs of Magic also fits the bill. ZDoom resident NachtIntellect has been working on his first project for a few months already, and he instantly aims for the stars - A full blown standalone game, using GZDoom as it's base called Eternity Blitz. Described as ''a retro shooter where it feels a bit like a game of speed and agility'', where the player moves in such a way that allows it to engage with enemies in order to gain boosts to some of their stats.

Combo's and specials would be made possible through special meters and NachtIntellect is thinking of the idea to have each enemy have a stage where they change tactics too based on their health values to provide a challenging experience for the players that runs very smoothly. Up to 12 weapons are to be planned along with 28 maps for your enjoyment. Storywise Eternity Blitz tells the tale of Yuihachi Haas, Codename: ''100 Wespenschwerm'' in the year 2069.  After returning from a vacation, He receives a distress call, only to look over a cliff and find out the soil is rotted and the city is on fire. Demons have invaded through some means and it's your turn to apply the brakes on the scum.

Featuring an epic soundtrack by none other than Jimmy, the Midi Maestro from Hell, Eternity Blitz is set out to be a wickedly fast-paced shooter that should run like a Lost Soul gliding on ice: Buttery - and  i mean buttery! smooth.  An very early alpha is available at the source link, but for those who want to be on the pinnacle of development, follow the Eternity Blitz Discord.

"The last news entry is from March 2022, isn't that a bit old?!" - Well, yes. And therefore the Realm667 is recruiting authors who are interested in crawling the major Doom communities as well as ModDB areas to collect the latest releases and updates for Doom mods, editors, content or trivia. Why? Because it's always a good thing to have one central spot where all the wires connect. If you are interested in contributing, drop me a line on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject "[News Author Application]". We would be happy to have you on board to deliver.

Good news for those of you who already thought Demonic Uprising (originally known as HPack) is dead or cancelled: Work has been resurrected again and the project is alive and nearing completion - at least a playable demo is underway featuring the first episode "Terrene of Sorrow". There is still a lot of work left to be done but we have a good feeling about the direction of the project and the latest plans we have made so far. If you want to help or support us, simply join in the forums, the more, the better. By the way, Gez is working on a Github solution lately which will come in handy for all of us. And to tease you with screenshots and not only words, a WIP-shot can be found in this news item.

Doom versus Duke Nukem 3D. Its an age old debate, similar to Duke Nukem 3D versus Quake. Opinions will forever differ, if not on the technology they used. Doom versus Build. Who will triumph? With CantSleep's Nobody Told Me About id, or NTMAI for short, we may have an answer. This GZDoom mod  tries to translate the charm of the games running on the Build Engine, and apply those same principles to Doom. NTMAI achieves this through multiple things:

• Some cool resources by Kinsie (Title & intermission background, sounds)
• Replaced the object sprites to 1.5x upscaled sprites based on hidfan's Neural Upscaled sprites
• Less slippery movement, sprite shadows and blood & gore system made by Nash
• Higher resolution monster graphics, nicer explosions and some sound caulking
• More dynamic camera movement: flinching, shaking, head flies off when gibbed...
• Angled weapons courtesy of Angled Doom and Bullet puff sounds depending on what kind of weapon you use (fist, chainsaw, gun)
• A quick reloadable pistol, a classic/revable Chaingun, and a BFG 9000 that recoils...
• Impactful power-ups (Soulsphere, Invulnerability Sphere...), some items are now used through the inventory (Berserk, Infrared)
• Blood-styled movement for monsters
• New monster abilities: jumping over pits, jumping at enemies, charging at the player, added missing melee states...

NTMAI is still in an early phase, but it is shaping up to combine the best of both worlds. Head over to the main thread and view the video content. With NTMAI, there is now one possible answer to who is better - Duke, or Doom.