QuakeCon: Where is Doom 4?
Back on May 7, id Software announced that it had begun production on Doom 4, and that the company expanded its internal team of developers to work on the new project. Id Software also began accepting applications for job openings stemming from the project, looking for a lead animator, lead designer, a producer, and more. While no other details were provided, id Software said that Doom 4 was slated for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Naturally, fans waited patiently for new information, and looked to QuakeCon--currently underway in Grapevine, Texas--as a source of juicy news. However, id Software's CEO Todd Hollenshead quickly rained on everyone's parade by avoiding the project altogether, promising that more details is to come...next year. "When we show it to you, you're going to love it," he told the crowd.
According to Shacknews, John Carmack wasn't quite so standoffish, revealing that the project represents "the most tightly managed approach" to company has ever used. He said that thanks to the work dumped into the id Tech 5 engine and Rage, the tools and technology for Doom 4 already exists (unlike Doom 3 which was developed along with the id Tech 4 engine).
Honestly, Doom 4 news was highly unlikely at QuakeCon given that the game just entered development. Still, Doom fans are surely clamoring for something Doom 4 just didn't provide: a fast and exciting shooter yanked straight out of hell.
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If it's anything like Doom III I'll be sleeping with the lights on, LOL - that game is one of the scariest I've ever played and stands up well against the latest first-person-shooters of today. I don't mind waiting for the 4th release.
Where's Quake 5 ?
Does anyone remember the original like beta demo or something from Doom 3 when the bad guys could talk? It was so freaky, the commando guys would be walking around saying freaky things like in System Shock 2, it was a long time ago though so I don't remember much but it made the game ten times scarier. Hope they put that in this time, it really made the game a lot more atmospheric.
ehm *cough cough* Doom 3 was boring as hell.And it wasn't scary at all.Hopefully Doom 4 will be scary.