{
  "id": 313466,
  "title": "Doom creator id Software used Taiwanese pirates to help distribute the game, John Romero reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/doom-creator-id-software-used-taiwanese-pirates-to-help-distribute",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T12:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/john-romero-doom-id-software-taiwanese-pirates"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Romero, the legendarily long-haired co-founder of id Software and father of game series Quake and Doom, has recounted a tale about when id Software worked with Taiwanese pirates to spread Doom. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "John Romero says id Software once sold empty Doom boxes to Taiwanese pirates so fans there could have legit copies: 'For us, it was distribution'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/john-romero-says-id-software-once-sold-empty-doom-boxes-to-taiwanese",
        "published": "2026-08-06T20:37:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}