Romero Games

Following his departure from Ion Storm in July 2001, John Romero worked to establish Monkeystone Games in 2001 with Tom Hall before departing to help establish Gazillion Entertainment in 2005. John Romero and Brenda Romero married on 27 October 2012. Together, they worked on Ravenwood Fair, with John Romero as Lead Designer and Brenda as Creative Director and Game Designer. They also founded social game development company Loot Drop in November 2010, and worked on Cloudforest Expedition and Ghost Recon Commander together. They moved to Ireland and together they established Romero Games Ltd. on 11 August 2015.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The studio's first game was an HD, re-skinned Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout{{Cite web |last=Dotson |first=Carter |date=October 30, 2015 |title='Doom' Designer John Romero's 'Dangerous Dave in the Deserted Pirate's Hideout' Now on the App Store – TouchArcade |url=https://toucharcade.com/2015/10/30/doom-designer-john-romeros-dangerous-dave-in-the-deserted-pirates-hideout-now-on-the-app-store/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=TouchArcade |language=en-US}} which added new graphics and music to the classic platformer that he had designed and released in 1990, but was released on mobile. The studio's second game, Gunman Taco Truck,{{Cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/586310/Gunman_Taco_Truck/|title=Gunman Taco Truck on Steam|website=store.steampowered.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-27}} was released on 28 January 2017 on Steam (Windows and Mac){{cite web|last1=Takahashi|first1=Dean|title=Doom creator's 12-year-old son releases first game on Steam: Gunman Taco Truck|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/28/doom-creators-12-year-old-son-releases-first-game-on-steam-gunman-taco-truck/|website=VentureBeat|date=28 January 2017|access-date=5 September 2017}} and for iPhone and Android devices.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Gunman Taco Truck Released on iPhone and iPad!|url=http://www.gunmantacotruck.com/press-release|access-date=|website=Gunman Taco Truck}}

Night Work Games, a subsidiary of Romero Games, has been developing a first-person shooter titled Blackroom since 2016.{{cite web |last1=Purchese |first1=Robert |title=John Romero and Adrian Carmack go to Kickstarter with new FPS Blackroom |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/john-romero-and-adrian-carmack-go-to-kickstarter-with-new-fps-blackroom |website=Eurogamer |publisher=Gamer Network |access-date=13 October 2022 |date=25 April 2016}} In an interview on 23 November 2019, Romero claimed he was still working on Blackroom.{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=Doom-Erfinder John Romero über die Probleme aktueller Shooter-Spiele|url=https://www.pcgames.de/Spiele-Thema-239104/News/John-Romero-ueber-die-Probleme-aktueller-Shooter-1336945/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=PC Games|language=de}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2023}}

The studio announced in March 2017 that several prominent indie game developers had joined the team at Romero Games to work on a new title that has not yet been announced.{{cite web|url=https://8bitdigi.com/denman-rooke-romero-games/|title=Denman Rooke joins Romero Games|date=19 May 2017|publisher=|access-date=21 May 2017}} Empire of Sin, a role-playing game set in the Prohibition era, was revealed at E3 2019.{{cite web | url = https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/14/empire-of-sin-e3-demo/ | title = 'Empire of Sin' looks like a new-school 'Mob Rule' | first = Chris | last= IP | date = 17 June 2019 | access-date = 17 June 2019 | work = Engadget }} The game was released on 1 December 2020 to "mixed or average reviews" from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

On 19 July 2022 Romero Games announced that they are starting work on an original, new AAA FPS IP with Unreal Engine 5.{{Cite web |last=Carpenter |first=Nicole |date=2022-07-19 |title=Doom creator John Romero is making a new FPS |url=https://www.polygon.com/23269955/doom-creator-john-romero-new-fps-game |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}

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