Per l'occasione, la Id sta cercando di aumentare le sue fila, per poter affrontare le sfide che il suo nuovo lavoro creerà. "DooM è parte del dna di Id Software e richiede i più grandi talenti e le menti più brillanti dell'industria per portare a compimento la prossima avventura del nostro portabandiera", ha dichiarato Todd Hollenshead, amministratore delegato della software house. "È importante per id Software avere le migliori menti creative in casa per sviluppare giochi che siano in grado di incontrare il consueto standard dei nostri titoli".

Particolari definiti sulla futura creatura di Id non ce ne sono. Molti fanno supposizioni sul motore grafico: sembra possibile che verrà usato il Tech 5, già impiegato nello sviluppo di Rage, un videogioco del quale non esiste ancora una data di uscita ufficiale. Il motore grafico è estremamente sofisticato, come potete vedere dalle immagini e dal trailer in fondo. Si può anche supporre che, eventualmente, Doom 4 potrà anche adottare una versione più aggiornata del motore. Staremo a vedere.

Il motore grafico Tech 5

Nulla si sa se il gioco sarà multi-piattaforma. Ovviamente, è certo che uscira per PC. Riguardo alle console, ci sono comunque delle speranze, se consideriamo le parole di John Carmack al QuakeCon 2007:

• Xbox 360: "la console che, potendo scegliere, preferiamo dal punto di vista della programmazione";
• Playstation 3: "...la sfida più stimolante, grazie alla potenza inesplorata ed alla difficoltà di programmazione del Cell;

Ricordatevi che Id cerca nuovi sviluppatori: se qualcuno fosse interessato, può visitare la pagina dedicata e contattare Id Software a questo indirizzo.

Altra immagine del motore grafico Tech 5

id have finally announced a sequel for the franchise that introduced the FPS genre to the masses: DOOM. The original DOOM game was launched in 1993 and quickly became one of the most successful games of all time - while also proving at the time that 'Shareware' was a viable distribution method. The concept of playing a game from the 1st-person perspective was so new at the time that although it was immensely popular - it also left many people feeling ill from motion sickness - and reaching for the vomit bucket.

Fast forward to 2004 and the release of DOOM 3 - a remake of the original DOOM, only this time the game looked, sounded, and played according to the original vision of the developers. Thanks to much more advanced 3D rendering tech in home PC's id were able to create a game that - at the time - was one of the most visually impressive virtual worlds ever realised. However once the initial excitement of a brand new DOOM game died down and gamers actually started playing it, it became apparent that DOOM 3 was little more than a traditional monster-closet shooter - albeit with the best graphics and presentation ever seen in a videogame.

So after almost 4 years of silence regarding the franchise id have finally announced plans to create DOOM 4. The company has been busy over the last 4 years developing a new engine (Tech 5) and a new game to use the engine - RAGE. So it seems likely that the new DOOM game will also use this engine - especially since its supposed to be extremely flexible with regard to multi-platform development. Here's what lead artist Kevin Cloud told Shacknews.com:

"You don't even have to worry about how it's going to look on PS3 or 360. Right now we've got it running cross-platform running 60 hertz, and it looks really good," said Cloud. "In terms of what artists are available to achieve--it's something you have to see for yourself. I can say this, but you still won't get it until you see it."

Click here for the full DOOM 4 announcement fro Shacknews.

So there you have it. A brand new DOOM game is in the works - hopefully this time it wont take 4 years to develop. It's also good news to see that it will likely land on all three platforms(360, PC, PS3) so no one will be left out in the cold.

id Software will be producing another Doom title after all. After last year's unveiling of Rage, id's next-generation title based on entirely new intellectual property, the game development studio has announced Doom 4. Production on the next installment in the Doom series has already begun, and id says it is "expanding its internal team and is currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title."

The company's press release doesn't include any details about what we can expect to see in the game, but it quotes id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead as saying Doom is "part of the id Software DNA" and making a new title in the series "demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry." Game development pros in search of work can check available positions on id's website and submit their resumes to jobs@idsoftware.com.

Shacknews speculates Doom 4 may be based on id Tech 5, the next-gen engine John Carmack concocted for Rage. Since id has been working on Rage for some time and only just began work on Doom 4, such a choice indeed seems likely. id Tech 5 is a multi-platform engine spanning the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, so Doom 4 could show up on consoles, as well.

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