Doom 3 Gets Info On Demo, Linux, DVD, Xbox

Eeknay writes "Following up yesterday's announcement about Doom 3 going Gold, id software today went into specifics on a Doom 3 demo and a Linux version of the full game, saying: 'We will release the demo as soon as it's done, but this probably won't happen until after the game has arrived on U.S. store shelves', and adding: 'Linux binaries will be available very soon after the PC game hits store shelves. There are no plans for boxed Linux games.'." Eurogamer also has a handy round-up of other Doom 3 news, noting, via CNN Money, that "Doom will apparently ship exclusively on CD", quoting Todd Hollenshead as saying of the Xbox version: "We can't say, at this point, that it's going to come out this year", and relaying on game length: "the [PC Gamer paper-mag] reviewer claims it took 23 hours to complete."

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Duh, what me work for PC Gamer

[hambonewilkins]

the [PC Gamer paper-mag] reviewer claims it took 23 hours to complete.

Having read PC Gamer, I believe it.

Seriously, though, it's widely assumed that PC Gamer reviewed a non-shipping preview version of the game, which seems pretty shady to me. Though similar to the final version, the games are likely to have SOME differences. After all, Ebert doesn't review rough cuts of films, does he?

Re:Duh, what me work for PC Gamer

[sweede]

working in a magazine printing plant, we are printing up september issues of several magazines that shipping date is in a week or two.

why magazines do this? i havent a clue. but the month on the issue means absolute squat.

after the research is done for a magazine, it can be put together quickly in a couple days or a week.

Re:Impressive

[Quarters]

The XBox version is being done at Vicarious Visions in Albany, NY.

Re:Impressive

[RzUpAnmsCwrds]

Epic Games, creator of Unreal Tournament 2004, shipped a Linux version of UT2003 and UT2004 on the same CDs (or DVDs) as the Windows version.

A mac port and XBox port (Unreal Championship) are also available for UT2003.