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Life After Doom

Posted by michael on from the postapocalyptic dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What's next for the maker of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein? Chris Morris of CNN Money talks to id's CEO, who tells us the next id game won't be anything like the others. Rather than a re-hash of its sci-fi or WWII themes, CEO Todd Hollenshead says, 'I'd like to try something new.' [Hollenshead also notes that an as yet unidentified developer with 'a name that people recognize' has licensed the Doom 3 engine.]"

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  1. Uh-oh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    [Hollenshead also notes that an as yet unidentified developer with 'a name that people recognize' has licensed the Doom 3 engine.]

    Microsoft?

  2. The next Big thing by Ikn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Can't remember where exactly I RTFA, but I heard that the next big project will be an entirely new title. They've seemed to master and own the FPS show, perhaps they'll step foot into a new genre, a la' Blizzard and Warcraft 3?

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    I know nothing
  3. Maybe "Quest"? by th1ckasabr1ck · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I know id had begun working on a medieval style game called Quest when Carmack decided he wanted to do DOOM3 and they switched gears.

    Maybe they'll give that another shot.

  4. American McGee by oZZoZZ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I remember a few years back, American McGee was invited to check out the new Doom 3 engine, and he had great things to say about the lighting. (this was only a few months after Quake 3 shipped). It wouldn't surprise me if he's the licencee, in fact, since he worked at id, and used q3a engine for Alice, it would surprise me if he WASN'T the licencee.

  5. Re:Next project by ymgve · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fantasy based on id engines? I thought Raven already had that market pretty covered..