"BTW, Doom beta testing is going very well."

"two separate sources, one being a retail chain (which asked to remain anonymous), said they expect Activision to release the PC version of Doom 3 in late July/early August, with the Xbox version following in October."

"The movie rights have reverted to id, as Warner's option period expired. However, we remain a "free agent" at this time and multiple studios are interested in the project. The team of John Wells (ER, et. al.) and Lorenzo DiBonaventura (The Matrix, et. al.) that has been working on the project for over a year will remain affiliated with the DOOM movie. The studio question at this point primarily involves the financing."

"After Warner Bros. attempted to make a DOOM movie a reality nearly two years ago, Universal Pictures has stepped up and purchased the film rights to id Software's legendary first-person shooter video game. The same producers that tried to get the film greenlit at Warners remain on the project with Universal, namely Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and John Wells. What's changed is that the two men now have a finished script (by Dave Callaham), a new studio and a director attached (Enda McCallion in his directorial debut.) Callaham adapted his version of DOOM from the upcoming storyline of DOOM 3, the latest video game in the franchise scheduled for release next month."

"HomeLAN - Now that the game is heading into the home stretch, are you and the rest of id pleased with the way Doom III is coming along?

Todd Hollenshead - I'm very happy with the way the game has turned out. A few months ago, I intentionally stepped away from any play testing so that I could have a more objective look at the game later on and not get "too close" to the development. Playing through areas of the game for the first time in many months, even though I've demo'd those same levels dozens of times, I'm still caught by surprise, move with trepidation, and generally get the shit scared out of me on a regular basis. That's the game we set out to make when we started the project. It's taken a while to get it all done, but it's been worth it."

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video game developer id Software, famed creators of games like "Doom" and "Quake", will likely start work on its new project almost immediately after completing four years of work on "Doom 3", its chief executive says.

In an interview with Reuters on the sidelines of the video game industry trade show E3 here, Todd Hollenshead said that the game in question was new intellectual property, and was not a "Doom", "Quake" or "Wolfenstein" game."

"We entered the next room, which was full of some kind of weird machinery. Three possessed guards were in it, and they opened fire with their weapons. By moving around the room, we kicked boxes around and crouched behind some for cover. The shotgun isn’t too effective at a distance, so we had to close the range between us and them to take the zombies down. Luckily, we were rewarded with the machine gun, and we looked around the room to find ammo and health too.

The next door we opened scared the hell out of us, because some strange humanoid-like demon leaped straight at our head. We got off a panicked shotgun blast and killed it, but as soon as it was dead (and dissolving), the door at the end of the corridor opened, and another possessed guard opened fire on us. We crouched behind some barrels and tried to push other barrels into the guard, but we ended up just rushing forward and planting some pistol rounds into his head."

"In several of the levels the combat got meaty. The Snatchers come right in for close encounter fights, swiping away and clawing your flesh. A handful of shotgun blasts will usually suffice, but strafing, hiding, and using good aim is all required. The zombies were much slower, yet they're very persistent. The hell marines will hide and reload just like you, and though you'll be better and faster, they will give you a rough time.

Doom 3 is a pure adrenaline rush, a return to the hellish, dark, and evil lairs of hell that literally launched a genre (all due respect to the earlier Wolfenstein 3-D). It does get under your skin; it does give one the creeps, and it does build a level of fear and aggression that weaves into your gaming experience that without a doubt recalls the first and second Doom games. It's simple in one respect, but the basic fundamental are so well handled, the darkness really does infuse a simple yet fundamental new aspect to the game, and the new army of hell beasts are all quite lovely in their own special demonic fashion."

"One thing you’ll quickly notice when you start up Doom 3 for the first time is that the pacing is rather… “slow” for an Id game — at times anyway. The pacing is slow in order to build the “mood” for the game while you’re simply walking down a hallway; but once you hit a “choking point,” where a bunch of enemies were lurking and waiting for your arrival, the game speeds up into the fast-paced action and violent mayhem you’d expect from an Id game.

Speaking of “mood,” let me say this: Doom 3 has the makings to be a really scary game. And I’m not talking cheesy scares like ugly monsters jumping through windows and surprising you, I’m talking the kind of scary where you’ll end up having nightmares after playing this game. The mood for each and every map is clearly intended to scare the living daylights out of you, even if no monster is in the vicinity."

""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."

"The Xbox version, because it's in contemporaneous development with the PC. When it was started, basically was conceived as a console implementation of what we're trying to do on the PC, as opposed to a port where they take whatever we do on the PC and "boom" slap it on the Xbox. The Xbox version was designed from the ground up to support co-operative play over System Link and Xbox Live. There [were] some changes, concessions, considerations that had to be made from a lot of different standpoints in terms of stuff as mundane as how narrow the hallways are to the ability of the AI of the enemies to focus on one versus two players -- because it's no fun to play the co-op guy that the world seems to ignore -- to how the narrative of single-player story is told."

Quarter 1 - 14%
Quarter 2 - 30%
Quarter 3 - 20%
Quarter 4 - 13%
2005 and beyond - 23%