The Biggest Gaming News For January 24, 2022

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There was a lot going on in the world of gaming today. We heard all about some blatant scams involving stolen game assets and learned that you can speedrun Doom on Twitter by holding down your spacebar. The person behind the Yakuza franchise, Toshihiro Nagoshi, also opened up a new studio under the NetEase umbrella. Read on for everything that you need to know.

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Fans have always thought that Doom takes place in the year 2022. This came straight out of the manual for the SNES version of the game. But the person who created Doom, John Romero, came out to say that all of this was in fact false. “No, it doesn’t,” he said. “That was the SNES manual that we didn’t write.” Should be all well and good because we really don’t need a demonic invasion this year. We’ve already got enough to worry about.

Riot Games hauled a Vietnamese developer by the name of Imba Network into court for copying League of Legends in a tactics game. "Imba's plan that potential customers would recognize the infringing game's heroes was successful," Riot Games argued. "Many players commented on the outright copying of League of Legends champions in the infringing game." The company is demanding $150,000 for each instance of copyright infringement. The outlook definitely doesn’t look favorable for Imba.

Somebody created a Twitter bot that posts a frame from Doom at the top of each hour. The basic idea is that when the bot has finished its job, you'll be able to speedrun your way through the game just by holding down your spacebar. “Your hourly reminder to stop doomscrolling and start DOOMscrolling,” the account description reads. The bot will post “all 15,770 frames of Doom (starting from the end).”