Heretic + Hexen Steam news

• Latest observed players18 · 25 September 2026 - 09:54:54 UTC
• SteamPulse tracked peak755
• Units sold (VGI)No data available
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• Review score94% positive
• Total reviews1,354
• Release dateAug 7, 2025
• Developerid Software, Nightdive Studios
• PublisherBethesda Softworks

Genres: Action, Adventure, RPG

Company pages: Developer: id Software, Nightdive StudiosPublisher: Bethesda Softworks

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Heretic + Hexen Steam news

Heretic + Hexen news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• Update 2 - 4 November 2025

  Heretic + Hexen Update 2 introduces new additions to Raven Vault, gameplay improvements, bug fixes, and modding enhancements. Now available on all platforms!✨New Features We have updated the Raven Vault with a new batch of development materials found shortly before we released the game in August. Be sure to go through the sections and check everything out!🧑‍🏭FixesGeneralKeys will no longer reset when respawning in cooperative mode when modern cooperative is disabledFixed some rare crashes around changing music when navigating through the Raven VaultSky drawing no longer repeats when looking straight up with the fullscreen HUD enabledHereticImproved physics when walking over explosive pods, making them harder to accidentally slip off nowTomed Dragon Claw sub-projectiles will no longer immediately explode when firing at the floorHexenEnemies can no longer see or use melee attacks on you…

• Heretic + Hexen | Update 1 - 26 September 2025

  Update 1 introduces a variety of new features, gameplay changes, fixes, and modding improvements and is available on all platforms✨New Features Heretic: Added original game's Firemace placement randomization (albeit with 100% spawn chance instead of the original's 75%)Added option to disable cutscene subtitles in Accessibility menuAdded option to restore original two-button press behavior when selecting inventory itemsAdded option to restore original behavior where flying forward or backward will keep you at the same height, regardless of looking up or downAdded option to disable weapon animation smoothingAdded 'look up', 'look down', and 'center view' key bindingsAllow use of more buttons to advance through intermission text screensGameplay Modifiers menu is now accessible from episode and player class screens, instead of just difficulty selection🔀Changes Hexen: Buffed Bloodscourge da…

• After all these years, Heretic plays better than it ever has—and thanks to Nightdive, even Hexen sucks far less - 12 August 2025

  When remasters of Heretic and Hexen were surprise-released last week, my interest was piqued despite myself. I played both in the '90s and didn't love either of them. Released in 1994 by Raven Software, Heretic was a fantasy take on Doom and it was OK. The following year Hexen offered an RPG take on Doom—by way of Heretic—and it drove me nuts... Read more.

• Classic shooters Heretic and Hexen re-released as an "enhanced" bundle with cross-platform multiplayer and mod support - 8 August 2025

  Wake up, it's the 90s again. Ok, so maybe I've lied to you there, but two classic shooters from the decade that I as a child of 1999 definitely remember fondly have been re-released as one handy bundle with some extra features. Heretic + Hexen is out now. The surprise re-release of these virtual spell boxes came as part of QuakeCon, with Nightdive Studios and id Software collborating to revamp more old school shooty things after doing the same with Doom and Doom 2 last year . Read more

• Heretic + Hexen Release Notes - 7 August 2025

  The cult-classic, groundbreaking games are now restored, enhanced and combined into one title for modern platforms!Originally developed by Raven Software and produced by id Software in 1994, Heretic and its 1995 sequel, Hexen, broke new ground blending fast-paced first-person shooter mechanics with dark fantasy themes and RPG elements, helping to expand the burgeoning genre beyond its sci-fi and military roots. Now, the definitive re-release of Heretic + Hexen are available today on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC platforms and Game Pass (subscription required). \ In addition to combining these groundbreaking games, Heretic + Hexen also adds cross-platform online Co-op and Deathmatch multiplayer support for up to 16 players, two brand-new episodes, community-published mod support and much more! Important Note: Existing owner…

• Heretic + Hexen get a definitive re-release with new content from id Software and Nightdive Studios - 7 August 2025

  Just like what happened with DOOM + DOOM II, Nightdive Studios have remastered the classics Heretic + Hexen as one bundle with new content. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/heretic-hexen-get-a-definitive-re-release-with-new-content-from-id-software-and-nightdive-studios/

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