hexen-edge-of-chaos posts

We've been thinking a lot about Raven Software lately. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the developer was Activision's highest profile game creator, making first person shooter titles like the Soldier of Fortune series and two Star Wars: Jedi Knight games, among many other titles. Lately the developer has been hit with hard times as some of its more recent games like Singularity failed to reach a wide audience.

Just before Raven got bought by Activision, the developer was making games in the Heretic/Hexen fantasy shooter series which were co-developed with id Software. These were, and still are, great games that look a bit dated visually today. So we got excited to hear about a team of mod makers who are close to completing a Hexen mod using id's Doom 3 engine. As you can see from the above screenshot, the Hexen: Edge of Chaos mod is using the engine's visuals to make a great looking updated version of the title. The mod is planned for release next month with the first hub containing three maps.

[Via PC Gamer]