Id’s John Carmack Says Doom 4 Is Done When It’s Done

Written by: James Johnson (@WadeDMcGinnis) | August 5, 2012 7:00 am

Id’s John Carmack Says Doom 4 Is Done When It’s Done

6 Comments

John Carmack of Id Software spoke out today at QuakeCon about changes the company is making in preparation for Doom 4.

“[We] did need to make the decision to close up our mobile development which saddens me a lot in that I love doing the mobile work, taking that time, spending a month or year working on a mobile project. But we had some developers on there that we wanted to bring onto the Doom 4 project.”

Fear not for the mobile games.

“I hope that we do get back to mobile in various ways in the future, but the real aim is blockbuster triple-A titles, and for Id that means Doom 4.”

Good news for some, bad for others, but long term hopefully this means Doom 4 will be better than ever and once Doom 4 ships, Id can toss a few developers back into the mobile field.

6:18

The Sims 3

Be the Captain of Your Own Houseboat

New and more interesting ways to kill your Sim await you in the latest expansion pack.Read more »

2 comments
Industry News

New DICE Studio In LA: Star Wars Games Inbound?

The new DICE LA Studio sparks speculation of development for new Star Wars gamesRead more »

10 comments
2:42

Assassin's Creed 4

Assassin’s Creed 4: “Under The Black Flag” Trailer

Assassin's Creed 4 Has Released A New Trailer With A Lovely Monologue... Broken Up By Various Ways To Kill People.Read more »

Comment

http://twitter.com/just_izumi Izumi

Wow this is interesting. Wasn’t expecting to ever see any more Doom games come out.
- Old Ben
  
  So you thought Id was going to close up shop? All their games (apart from Commander Keen) are basically Doom.
  - Revanhavoc
    
    COMMANDER KEEN!!!
http://twitter.com/brotalnia Stefan Kostov

I hope its more like doom 3, than the previous ones. The scarier it is, the better.
M H

Doom is an all time classic. Always look forward to it’s next installment. I still play the class Doom on my phone.
Revanhavoc

I remember the huge hype behind DOOM 3 and Half-Life 2.

Only 1 of those games lived up to the expectations, and my oh my how it lived up.

From the flashlight fiasco to the poor combat and cheap scares, there was a big letdown, so here’s hoping Valve is harder at work than ID for these next-gen titles.