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Doom 3 Deathmatch At QuakeCon 2003

Posted by simoniker on from the prepare-to-meet-thy-etc dept.

SifuDave54 writes "There's a press release via Yahoo! reporting that id will bring DOOM 3 to QuakeCon 2003! - 'QuakeCon attendees will have the chance to play DOOM 3's four-player Deathmatch on a level co-developed by id Software and U.K.-based developer Splash Damage, Ltd. Splash Damage has most recently worked with id Software on Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, and will be co-developing DOOM 3's multiplayer levels.' I wish I could go..."

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  1. Re:What system? by entrager · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If Carmack is willing to let kids play it in a sanctioned event, it must be near ready to ship.

    Not necessarily. The code base is probably very close to done (if not 100% done), but that says nothing about the content. I imagine at this point that most of the work that remains is art, sound, and level design. Without a complete single player campaign, they could still let people try out the multiplayer.