Thu, Aug 12, 2010 | 08:56 BST
Expect DOOM 4 to take less time than RAGE, says Carmack
id Software technical guru John Carmack has told OPM UK anyone expecting to wait a long time for DOOM 4 will have a shorter wait than first thought.
Carmack told the mag the shooter shouldn’t take as long to get out the door, unlike RAGE, which was announced in 2007 at QuakeCon, and won’t be out until next year, producer Tim Willits told VG247 back in May.
“Well we’ve got Doom 4 going on right now below our feet here,” he said.
“The Doom team are all sped up and working on this technology base – I’m not really at liberty to discuss much about it, but it’s going full steam ahead right now.
He adds: “It shouldn’t take as long to ship as Rage. It’s already in the pipeline and we feel good about it.”
id’s Todd Hollenshed told Nathan Grayson at last year’s QuakeCon to expect first information on the game this year. The opening keynote of this year’s event with Hollenshed and Carmack is tomorrow night.
Go figure.
Just FYI: Carmack’s on Twitter now. Go nuts.
Via TVGB.
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Posted in: Bethesda, Horror, Hot, QuakeCon 2010
Tags: doom 4, id software, john carmack
13 comments
#1
StaceyEmerson
11/08/10, 7:28 pm
want my dooom 4 NOW!!!
#2
Gheritt White
11/08/10, 7:38 pm
Anyone would think you’d be too busy with your new PS Move, Stacey.
#3
deanimate
11/08/10, 7:42 pm
I do hope this doesn’t mean the game is going to be a bit rushed and therefore a bit rubbish :/
#4
Fin
11/08/10, 8:14 pm
Well he actually said it wouldn’t take as long _to ship_ as RAGE – I assume that means dev time won’t be as long, not that it will actually ship before RAGE.
#5
xavdeman
11/08/10, 8:15 pm
“Expect DOOM 4 to come sooner than RAGE, says Carmack”
Title is misleading. Carmack is saying that the time taken to develop Doom 4 will be shorter than the time for RAGE. The title implies that Doom 4 will be available sooner than RAGE. Which is incorrect.
#6
Erthazus
11/08/10, 8:15 pm
Make it happen. This May i finished AGAIN Doom 1 and Doom 2.
#7
LOLshock94
11/08/10, 8:21 pm
i like zelda
#8
Dr.Ghettoblaster
11/08/10, 8:27 pm
All he’s saying is they don’t expect it to be in development as long as Rage was/is. Not that it’s going to shipt first. Pretty cut and dry.
@5. Exactly.
#9
The_Red
11/08/10, 8:42 pm
They better throw the Doom 3 Level designer out and make D4 a true action game in vein of Doom 1 and 2.
#10
xavdeman
11/08/10, 9:01 pm
@#9
I agree. I want some memorable levels in Doom 4. Still remember some from Doom 1 and the beginning of Quake 2 is unforgettable. Don’t remember anything from Doom 3 except the second level or something and it wasn’t particularly good.
#11
DeSpiritusBellum
11/08/10, 9:03 pm
By the time Rage gets here, we’ll all be living in a post-nuclear wasteland.
#12
Erthazus
11/08/10, 9:15 pm
I’m interested to see what Specs DOOM 4 will use when it’s going to launch. MY PC will just blow the fuck out on medium when it launches. But by the time i will significantly upgrade my PC.
Of course Doom 4 on consoles will be on minimum, same like with Metro 2033 was.
But playing Crytek or ID games on consoles is like doing a suicide at least for me.
#13
Dr.Ghettoblaster
11/08/10, 10:30 pm
Doom 4 better bring the shit coming out after Rage