Although its production was already announced in a recent press release, id officially announced Doom 4 during QuakeCon 2008. Here is what IGN reported:
To read more about the happenings of QuakeCon, visit here.
In May, id Software put out a press release that announced the company had begun production on Doom 4, the latest game in the storied first-person franchise, and that it was looking to hire new talent to work on the game. It was a strange way to announce a game, so at QuakeCon on Thursday night, id CEO Todd Hollenshead officially announced the game's existence.
Hollenshead worked the crowd into cheers by announcing some basic information, such as Doom 4 having guns, demons, and "gibs", or the parts that are leftover after a body explodes. Laughter ensued when someone in the crowd yelled "flashlights", a reference to the in-game flashlight in Doom 3 that was the cause of some outcry, since you couldn't hold your gun and your flashlight at the same time.
Unfortunately, aside from a new logo, there was nothing else to be seen of Doom. We spoke to id co-founder and technical director John Carmack earlier in the day, and he indicated that Doom 4 will be the next project that the company tackles once it's done with Rage, the game that id announced at QuakeCon last year.
Hollenshead worked the crowd into cheers by announcing some basic information, such as Doom 4 having guns, demons, and "gibs", or the parts that are leftover after a body explodes. Laughter ensued when someone in the crowd yelled "flashlights", a reference to the in-game flashlight in Doom 3 that was the cause of some outcry, since you couldn't hold your gun and your flashlight at the same time.
Unfortunately, aside from a new logo, there was nothing else to be seen of Doom. We spoke to id co-founder and technical director John Carmack earlier in the day, and he indicated that Doom 4 will be the next project that the company tackles once it's done with Rage, the game that id announced at QuakeCon last year.
To read more about the happenings of QuakeCon, visit here.
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