No DOOM 3 This Year [Jul 22, 2003, 7:01 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Though id Software basically invented the idea of using "when it's
done" as a release date, and thus did not specify a release date when DOOM
3 was announced (story), many have been assuming that the game
would be available for this year's holiday season (and jcal points out the
DOOM 3 E3 billboard did clearly promise this year). Now a report on HomeLAN
Fed cites Activision's 2003 release calendar
and quarterly
financial conference call to gain a bit more clarity on when to expect the
highly anticipated shooter sequel. Activision admits that this matter is
entirely in id's hands, but that they are not expecting the game this year, and
have it "penciled" on their calendars for fiscal Q4 (Jan-March) 2004.
Further actual release date delays were gleaned from the proceedings as well,
including word that True Crime: Streets of LA is now due in late fall 2003 and
that Rome: Total War, console Call of Duty, Quake IV, and Trinity are now all
due in Fiscal 2005 (which begins April 2004).
Yikes!!!
I didn't realize it only had 64 MB total SYSTEM memory (GPU + system). After reading that, I checked some websites, and sure enough ReDeeMeR is right.
Now I'm not 100% sure about the XBox handling DOOM3. I always assumed that it was set up like a moderate PC, with an ok video card and THEN an adequate amt of RAM.
It should be interesting to see if JC can pull this off without gutting all of the high tech features.
But then again, he's done some cool stuff in the past. And the current games do run well. I guess only time will tell.
This comment was edited on Jul 28, 13:32.
I didn't realize it only had 64 MB total SYSTEM memory (GPU + system). After reading that, I checked some websites, and sure enough ReDeeMeR is right.
Now I'm not 100% sure about the XBox handling DOOM3. I always assumed that it was set up like a moderate PC, with an ok video card and THEN an adequate amt of RAM.
It should be interesting to see if JC can pull this off without gutting all of the high tech features.
But then again, he's done some cool stuff in the past. And the current games do run well. I guess only time will tell.
This comment was edited on Jul 28, 13:32.
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