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id: DOOM 3 This Summer

[May 11, 2004, 4:53 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Abandoning id Software's signature "when it's done" release date, Activision and id Software Confirm Summer 2004 Ship Date for Doom 3 (thanks Joel Bowler) sets this summer as when it's done as far as the eagerly anticipated shooter remake is concerned:

SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI - News) confirmed today that id Software's highly anticipated DOOM 3(TM), will be released this summer for the PC. The latest installment in one of the most successful franchises in gaming history, DOOM 3 utilizes id's revolutionary new 3D graphics engine to draw players into the most frightening and gripping gaming experience ever created.

"DOOM 3 is the most anticipated PC game of the year and fans around the world are eagerly awaiting its release," Ron Doonink, CEO, Activision Publishing. "Id is delivering the most compelling horror gaming experience to date, so get ready for DOOM."

"This summer we're sending game fans on a first-class trip to Mars -- with a layover in Hell," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "DOOM 3 is coming to the PC and delivering the most atmospheric, terrifying and visually mind-blowing gaming experience ever conceived."

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Summer - but how late?

May 17, 2004, 04:54

Arithon

I've read a number of post-E3 XBOX DOOM3 previews, which are all talking October for the release. What we are expecting is a mid-June release from ID for the PC, but this has not been confirmed and a number of online retailers are still giving the XBOX version an earlier release date than the PC edition. There has been no “.plan” from ID that confirms any of the June dates being bandied about. Why do the retailers think that the console version will be first? Another E3 related thing that really bothers me, although not related to DOOM3 (this year) is the E3 movies that we have to obtain as “shaky-cam” footage. They are advertising, in the same way as film trailers, so why can’t the companies involved release the footage on their websites at a decent quality? Why should we have to subscriber to IGN, or FilePlanet, to download blurred camcorder film of an advert in order to find out about new games?

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Comment [quote="Arithon"May 17, 2004, 04:54]I've read a number of post-E3 XBOX DOOM3 previews, which are all talking October for the release. What we are expecting is a mid-June release from ID for the PC, but this has not been confirmed and a number of online retailers are still giving the XBOX version an earlier release date than the PC edition. There has been no “.plan” from ID that confirms any of the June dates being bandied about. Why do the retailers think that the console version will be first? Another E3 related thing that really bothers me, although not related to DOOM3 (this year) is the E3 movies that we have to obtain as “shaky-cam” footage. They are advertising, in the same way as film trailers, so why can’t the companies involved release the footage on their websites at a decent quality? Why should we have to subscriber to IGN, or FilePlanet, to download blurred camcorder film of an advert in order to find out about new games? [/quote]

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