There was a great war. Noone knows who started it, and it doesn't matter. The atomic war was not so bad as everyone expected. Some places were not so badly destoyed, like the Bohemian lands, People emerged from their shelters and begun a new life, again. And with people returned greed and power struggle. One of the many power groups are the rangers. The so-called guardians of peace. The player will be a ranger, send to inspect why the main base does not respond to radio calls. During his yourney he will encounter many mutated creatures, as well as many friendly npc's and vendors. But this is only rough sketch and could be changed in the future.

Wolfenstein3D projects seem to be fashionable again, especially when they are based on advanced Doom engines. jazzmaster9 has released the first beta version of his mod Shadows of Destiny which takes part in the Wolfenstein-universe but is using the full advantage of the ZDoom port. Still, it's in the total spirit of the original Wolf-game -  a homage to his favorite mods, specifically Spear: End of Destiny, and all the WolfenDoom TC throughout the years. You're interested? Then take a look at the development thread, it's worth a try!

This is one of those mods that grabs you instantly by the looks. A full Lovecraftian themed mod, with distinct 8-bit art style that makes you wonder what Doom would look like if it was released for Gameboy Color back in the day. Welcome to Shrine.

In the words of scumhead, the mod developer: "Shrine is a total conversion mod for Doom 2 set in a Lovecraftian inspired world. Battle new demons with new weapons, while exploring ancient cathedrals and eldritch worlds from the dark beyond.

• 8 New Weapons to rampage your way through the Elder World
• 13 Enemies to Blast into giblets
• 16 challenging but fair levels to test your might against the eldritch Horde
• Completely custom assets, textures and Sounds!
• -Made for use with Gzdoom.
• -You should have Jump enabled.
• -Iwad is DOOM II "

You can get your hands on this mod at the official thread, at Doomworld.com.

Crazy things are happening these days. John Romero, former member of the team that originally developed Doom, has announced a new megawad. Sigil will be released in February and to be honest: It's exciting and great news to many of us. There is already a project page on his official site for further information, so take a look at it for some screenshots and detailed stuff about the project. Hell, I am excited!

The SIGIL is a mod for the original Doom by no lesser evil than John Romero himself and is distributed as such and has been already released a while ago. Still, it would be a shame not to mention it here. It contains nine single-player and nine deathmatch levels. SIGIL™ is the spiritual successor to the fourth episode of Doom, and picks up where the original left off.

Batandy is obviously on a mapping and modding rage these days. After having released Golden Souls 2 only a few days ago, a new version of Castlevania Simon's Destiny has been released, bringing it up to version 1.3 and adding new features like environment maps or the so called bump mapping. Check the ModDb page of the project and download the latest version, it's definitely worth replaying,

A few days ago, we reported the release of DragonFly's arcade-style mod SkullDash. The new approach was well-received by the community and therefore an expansion pack was inevitable, not only in my and many other Doomer's eyes but also for the author himself. And well, development already started and if you are interested, you can even be an active part of it as the expansion tier is meant to be a community tier after all.

For myself, I already finished my contribution and send it to DragonFly and I really suggest you take a closer look at the project and join us. In my eyes, the gamemode brings a whole new component to Doom's gameplay and this is what makes SkullDash so damn interesting and varied. Be part of it - either by trying it out or contributing your own map.