John Romero’s making a mysterious new FPS in Unreal Engine 5 Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. John Romero’s making a mysterious new FPS in Unreal Engine 5 He’s about to make you his employee News by CJ Wheeler News Reporter Published on July 19, 2022 21 comments Love Doom? Like Quake? Tolerate Daikatana? Well then, you'll be chuffed to hear that Romero Games is hiring for a new first-person shooter project that has the involvement of legendary FPS maestro John Romero. The company says they're now "100% focused" on the genre, and they're making a game with a major publisher using Unreal Engine 5. That'll make the shotgun blasts look extra kerblammerific. Watch on YouTube Romero Games most recently worked on crime management sim Empire Of Sin, but they're now aiming squarely at FPS territory again. "It's a new dawn for Romero Games," Romero Games said in a statement on Twitter. "We're working with a major publisher to develop John Romero's next shooter: an all-new FPS with an original, new IP. Our team is expanding, and we're looking for talented people for all positions and at all experience levels, particularly those with Unreal Engine 5 experience." We don't know anything about the new game yet, what with it being in the very early stages. Romero Games are still looking for lead positions in level design, art and animation, along with graphics and multiplayer programmers. Interestingly, the ad for lead level designer lists "running the live phase of a game as a service" among the preferred experience. You might want to keep an eye out for our interview with John Romero next week, just in case we can prize some more details about the project out of him. Romero, who's soon to publish his autobiography – called Doom Guy, obvs – shared the hiring call himself on Twitter: Exciting news! I'm working on a new FPS, and we're hiring. Visit https://t.co/PIhw3iPgLG and check out our careers page. #gamedev #gamedevjobs pic.twitter.com/D0fcN3X8Fk- ???? ?????? (@romero) July 19, 2022 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Who knows what this FPS will turn out to be. I'm hoping it's a tale about the author of a popular Mexican cuisine cookbook with flowing locks and total recall who blasts demons in another dimension. A significant change of pace for Romero, basically. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here