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Carmack On Doom III And The Evolution Of Graphics

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-a-dedicated-team dept.

Toasty16 writes "David Kushner over at Wired has a write-up on the progress of Doom III, hinting at a possible fall release, that is unless Microsoft convinces id to sit on the game until an Xbox version is completed. He also talks to Carmack about the evolution of game engines and the possibility of a "next-generation rendering engine [that] will be a stable, mature technology that lasts in more or less its basic form for a long time." Will this lead to a shift from coders to "technical directors," as Carmack believes? This ties into the Slashdot story awhile back about new titles for sysadmins."

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  1. Typical by The+Dobber · · Score: 0, Troll


    Had to work an MS slam into it. Oh wait, Timmy was the editor.

    Figures

    1. Re:Typical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yeah and so has the "If we released it today, noone would have a system capable of playing it and we'd go bankrupt" angle.

      The very fact that they have to release it for xbox shows a huge shift over there at Id. PC gaming is dying, they need console revenue to break even with this dog.

      I cant wait until another FPS comes out. Whoopty do. I can shoot monsters.

  2. I agree. Strongly. It's so hypocritical. Wont buy. by Viewsonic · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm going to stay very far away from this game no matter how good it might be for that reason alone. I refuse to give in to the Microsoft monopoly. Its so damn sad one of the best gaming coders has collapsed under the might of the Microsoft Monopoly. F'that. Bleh.

  3. I just liked this comment by woodhouse · · Score: 1, Troll

    He's a hero among coders for particularly elegant programming that pushes the limits of hardware.
    (bolding by me) Carmack may be known for many things, but elegant code isn't one of them.

  4. Re:I agree. Strongly. It's so hypocritical. Wont b by t · · Score: 0, Troll
    It is monopoly abuse because they are using profits from their legally recognized monopoly to try to create monopolies in other areas. No company in the world could fork out the same level of cash that Microsoft is for the xbox. Thus your comparisons to Sony and anyone else do not matter because they are not monopolies.

    Think of it this way, if Microsoft wanted to, they could buy nearly every publically traded game producer, this includes a hostile takeover of Sony, and make every game for the next year only available for the xbox.