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Doom 4 Is So Not A Sequel
4:30PM Luke Plunkett | Doom 4 comes after Doom 3. But is Doom 4 a sequel to Doom 3? According to id’s Todd Hollenshead, no, it is not a sequel to Doom 3. More »
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Hollenshead: E3 Was Pretty Much a Disappointment to Everyone
7:00AM Brian Crecente | “E3 this year, in my opinion, it was pretty much disappointing to everybody” id CEO Todd Hollenshead told me early today during an interview. “The press were disappointed, the people I talked to in the industry are disappointed, almost everyone agree that that was the wrong way to do it”. It’s too early to tell if the shrinking E3 has helped bolster id’s own id-centric annual show QuakeCon. Usually id Software waits until the Saturday of the show to get official attendance numbers. But Hollenshead is already sure that QuakeCon is the right way to host a gaming conference. “I think we struck a balance of being vendor supported and still being in touch with the gamers”, he said. “We had over 6,000 hours of volunteer time, that’s like the polar opposite of E3,. which is all about business”. In fact id Software only officially showed up at E3 as a single announcement during the Electronic Arts press conference. They were there to tell the world that EA would be publishing their upcoming id Tech 5 game, Rage. And even that had to be modified to fit in with what E3 and its attendees expect from the show. “We were told you can’t show this stuff because of these five reasons”, Hollenshead said. “Last night (during QuakeCon) we had the bigger, better, more hardcore, not suitable for investor conference (announcement) for Rage and Doom”. [Pic] More »
id Would Like Another Doom Movie
5:00AM Brian Crecente | id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead would like to do another Doom movie, perhaps one based on the still in production, and yet-to-be-named, new Doom game. “Personally I’d like to do another Doom movie, I thought working with it was a blast”, he said. “There are some lessons we learned. The best way to do things better is to get the experience”. Hollenshead said that Universal still has the rights for the Doom movie and sequels, so the ball is really in their court on whether another is made. “We’ll see what happens when we get further along in development of the (new Doom) game and there’s more buzz and we share more about what the game will be about. “As the buzz meter starts to go up that may kind of kick start the guys over at Universal”. More »
Next Doom May Not Be a True Sequel
1:40AM Brian Crecente | The next Doom coming to gamers is so early in development that its creators haven’t yet decided what exactly the game will be about or even what to name it. “The next game in the Doom universe is in development”, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead told me earlier today. ” We do have the core of the team working on it, under the direction of Kevin Cloud. “We are working on what the story is going to be for the game right now, the logo (shown during QuakeCon) didn’t have a four or a subtitle. We haven’t made the decision about that yet. There is probably a let’s not make a numeral game and some say we should make it one”. While there isn’t a lot to tell yet about the upcoming Doom game, Hollenshead told me everything he was able. The game will be built on the id Tech 5 and will remain true to it’s roots, he said. More »
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No Digital Distribution For Rage, Doom 4
12:00PM Michael McWhertor | The only way to get your hands on id Software’s Rage and Doom 4 will be through traditional means, according to a report from Maximum PC. The id co-founder said at today’s QuakeCon keynote that it would shy away from digital distribution with its next two id Tech 5-powered titles. An odd move, considering EA is publishing Rage and has its own digital distribution method, not to mention the availability of id’s catalogue through its official web store and Steam. Maximum PC also reports that the Xbox 360 version of Rage may wind up shipping on up to three DVDs — or suffer some serious compression compared to the Blu-ray version — a move that could cost millions in per-disc royalty fees. And think of the paper sleeve costs! QuakeCon 08: No Digital Distribution for Rage or Doom 4; Rage will be on Multiple DVDs for Xbox 360 [Maximum PC] More »
Doom 4 To Use 3X The Horsepower Of Rage, Run At 30 FPS
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | John Carmack revealed at the opening day of QuakeCon today that “the next Doom“, which we’ll just call Doom 4 for now, will surpass the already announced Rage, running on id Tech 5, in visual quality. “The next DOOM game will look like it’s built on another engine, as it uses three times the horsepower”, Carmack said, according to a 1UP report. That visual fidelity will come at a price though, as Carmack says that Doom 4 will run at 30 frames per second, compared to Rage’s 60 frames per second. The only other details provided by Carmack on Doom 4 was that the game would feature “guns, blood, demons, and gibs”. Should’ve sent a poet… Quake Con Keynote — Live Blog [1UP] More »
