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Doom 3 Reaches Gold Master, Due August 5th
Rogerpq3 writes "Yes, this is the official word that [long-awaited PC FPS] DOOM 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing! According to the .plan file of id CEO Todd Hollenshead: 'We literally just hung up with Activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally GOLD. So, the next question is release dates. Retailers in the States will be allowed to pick up games starting at 12:01 AM on August 3rd. The official street date is actually August 5th in the U.S.A., but some of your favorite stores will probably have it early for those of you who have to have it first. Check with your local retailer for that information... [Internationally] the UK will probably get it first, on or about August 6th. Everywhere else will probably be Friday, August 13th (cue Twilight Zone Theme) or close to that date, with just a few exceptions (e.g. Russia and Poland)'."
Damn, there goes the $50 I lost on the bet that Duke Nukem would come out first. :(
Hell has frozen over and pigs have learned to fly
linking to a finger server. You'd think someone could have put the text on a website or something.
sulli
RTFJ.
Just to let you know... Starting August 5th... I will not be coming into work for a week or two because of... personal reasons. If it is an emergency and you need me to come in... do not expect me to be showered, well fed or able to adapt to bright lights.
Sincerely,
Your groveling employee.
Help Brendan pay off his student loans
It's all falling into place.
Doom 3.
Soon Half-life 2.
The second coming of Jesus.
And then - Duke Nukem Forever will at last be mine!
and I wanted to have kids :( This isn't fair... all that time wasted...
"...we're here to tell you that Doom 3 is not only done, it's absolutely mind-blowing."
"You are basically subjecting yourself to a 20 hour cardiac episode."
"...you will never experience a dull moment. Or even a less than mesmerizing one."
"Doom 3 is a masterpiece of art form - staying true to the frantic legacy of the Doom series, while ambitiously reaching new heights and bashing down the doors of the next generation of PC shooter. The bar is raised."
I can't wait to get my hands on a copy!
I seem to have missed the part about the level editor. Are they including it in the box, or will they release it later?
The bar has been raised with regards to packaged content editors, after all. Heck, the Morrowind editing tools would let you re-create the entire game!
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yes, but will it run on linux .....
YES! A hit title that runs on linux right out of the box. Thank you ID Software!
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"If a quarter is two bits, then a dollar's a byte." -R Deric Miller
Look, if you want to combat piracy, release it on the same date world-wide. This one-week-later crap will only result in lots of illegal copies in "late" countries.
it's been awhile since i heard an imp gurgle, or a bfg go bzzzt...
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do you think iddqd will still work?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Is there any word on a port to OSX?
PC Gamer magazine reviewed Doom3 in its newest edition and gave the game a 94%.
Here is an interesting post in the nvNews boards, with the full review, hardware and multiplayer details
I would seriously like to see any statistics on the amount of PC hardware that is sold due to the arrival of games like Doom 3 / Half Life 2 / etc. Personally, I have been waiting for the last 2 years to upgrade, specifically for this game. My system has been okay for everything else I need to do, so it just didn't make sense to go out and build a system, knowing full well that I will be behind the tech curve when this games comes out.
I know some will think I am an idiot, but I am an unapologetic id fan. I have played most other FPS games out there, and id just seems to get the "feel" of FPS down to a science. The instant snap is perfect.
I just wish they had included cooperative mode, like in the original Doom. Some of my best gaming experiences were all night coop Doom on nightmare mode. Good times.
Todd
2GHz CPU 512 MB Ram Radeon 9800 5-Channel Audio
Supported Graphics Cards: Ge-Force 4 MX Ge-Force 3 Ge-Force 4 Titanium Ge-Force FX (and higher) ATI 8500, 9000 (and higher)
Looks like you'll miss the office-wide lan party.
Nope, you can't take it back. I've already scheduled your vacation into the system.
- Your Boss
[PowerPoint] is a tool for capitalist presentation
hmm, lets figure this out... 1) Brand new gaming rig $1200 2) 2 Weeks of vacation time $3000 3) Using up all my vacation time starting Aug 3 and not being able to take time off to help my wife with our son who is expected in Sept and then getting a call from her divorce lawyer, PRICELESS wow...id games took so much of my life and now they are gonna take my marriage. btw, thanks for the free shipping!
Minimum specs are a 286 processor, 640K of RAM (620 free), and 12 megabytes of hard drive space.
Note that with the minimum configuration, Doom 3 will only run in "text mode".
I am NOT a man!
I am a free number!
Over on GameTab you can see the large version of the game box and information on the PC Gamer review. Only time will tell whether the other reviews and gamers fall in line with PC Gamer's opinion.
Everywhere else will probably be Friday, August 13th [...] with just a few exceptions (e.g. Russia and Poland)
I guarantee you that it will be available on every street corner in Russia and Poland long before it is released anywhere else.
"Now my wife will kill me after I spend $500 on a new video card to play this game."
Get a Diamond video card and call it an anniversary present!
Warning: Only do this ONCE.
"Derp de derp."
You realize that you just inspired about two dozen Sourceforge projects, right?
Will this even be released in Germany and if, can I have a date? I mean, it'll probably indexed because it's by iD Software (hey, it's a tradition!) so I doubt I'll hear about the release in any news outlets (because bringing news on indexed titles is advertising them and therefore illegal... D'Oh!). Means I'll need to know about it from a foreign source.
Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
I saw this too, I guess we've come a long way since worrying about the Morris worm.
.plan said "blah blah, thanks for fingering me!!" Maybe we shoulda hired her.
My favorite finger story: I'm working an employment fair at my old University, and a cute girl comes over and gives her resume. It's light, we placed it in the "to be made into cool paper airplanes as we pray to Bernoulli" but I noticed she had finger: mane@university.edu on her resume. I tried it, and her
Dark Room
You are in dark room. There are a couple barrels in one corner. A quickly fading light fixture above provides what little illumination there is.
There is a slobbering demon here.
>Shoot Demon with handgun.
The demon turns to face you, mildly annoyed by your pathetic attempts at exorcism.
>Equip Rocketlauncher
You heft the Rocklauncher to your shoulder. Something on the right side of your body makes a bone-cracking sound.
>Fire Rocketlauncher
Your random display of violence has caused the destruction of a pile of barrels in the corner. The resulting explosion has engulfed the demon, and the failing light fixture above.
It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Does anyone know what the minimum specs are ?
New box.
KFG
Check it out at nV News.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
We need a nostalgic mod point.
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Since this is Slashdot, he's probably been busy trying to build a child in the basement.
--LordPixie
Get a Diamond video card and call it an anniversary present! Warning: Only do this ONCE.
...per wife...
This is an interesting display in how much we've let our standards go in regards to gaming. While there is all this salivating over the fact that DOOM III is finally fucking done, I've yet to hear any mention about a possible demo release. I was too young to experience it firsthand, but I recall hearing about BBS systems and FTPs being brought to a complete standstill when the original shareware copy of DOOM was released back in 93 or 94 as everyone tried to get their grubby little paws on it. Who cares if the final version has gone gold? As gamers it's only fair that we're able to download a demo before we trust the words of a "exclusive" review. Games like this get hyped for so long, and the pre-order BS get's pushed down your throat everytime you step into a GameStop, that it seems no game is sold on merit anymore. Personally I won't be impressed with anything until I can actually play a little taste of the game without having to pay id a cent.
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Is it me, or did it just get fatter in here?
Umm, that's rediculous. People have played HL2. To even think that it is Vaporware is simply ignorant. Yes, it has a very delayed launch, I personally spoke with some of the lead designers at valve last may at E3. I also attented the sneak peak conference which showed off Half Life 2. let's just say they've spent a lot of their time on that physics engine, which was absolutely amazing. I won't be the only one who will spend entirely too much time playing with the gravity gun.
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What this really boils down to is that Valve has all the money in the world. Just like ID. They can take their sweet time making games. They don't have to meet deadlines, because they get to set them. They are concerned with making the best game they can and getting it to us when it's finished. I will take that ANYDAY over a rushed to market product that is riddled with bugs and the ending chopped and nice features left off for "expansion packs". If you'll notice well funded companies that actually finish their games rarely need "expansion packs" every 6 months, which is the industries new way of making you pay for a beta test, and then pay again for the finished product.
Thank god Blizzard is taking this same stance with WoW. I'm in Beta, they don't have all the classes even finished yet, there's no way they are releasing in August, and they won't. Every blizzard game has been delayed, and everyone complains, yet how many copies did Diablo 2 sell? Yeaaah
I predict that the release of this game will have so many computer geeks, nerds, gamers, etc. (I'm in all those categories) out of the office for most of August that the following will happen:
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Does any major commercial game these days make any good use out of dual-CPU systems? Or do they still just use one processor?
PHEM - party like it's 1997-2003!
What's the damn holdup with the transition to DVD games? I'm fed up with this Multi-CD crap.