"We had a chance to play a bit of the multiplayer action in DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil via the System Link option. You’ll have the same match type options as in the original DOOM 3 game: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Last Man Standing, and Tournament. DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil looks good and runs quite smoothly in multiplayer, but the format is still the same which may turn gamers off. It’s still only a maximum of four players per match, and the combat isn’t all that interesting. There are a few dark places that you can hide and surprise an adversary, but we were hoping for something a bit more innovative here. We will have to admit that the smallish outdoor map was quite challenging, and contained the same elevation changes as the Campaign mode. If you got into the multiplayer action in DOOM 3 then you’ll definitely like the combat in DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil; much of the same with new weapons and levels."

"According to a report in The Wall Street Journal [subscription only], last year Activision tried to buy the rights to id Software's Quake, DOOM, and Wolfenstein properties, and considered acquiring the legendary developer outright. Activision reportedly offered $90 million for the game rights, and considered a $105 million offer for the entire company.



Further, the Journal report suggests id Software fired artist and co-founder Adrian Carmack (no relation to id legend John Carmack) when he refused to be bought out for $20 million.

The article cites a suit filed by Adrian Carmack seeking to invalidate his employment contract with the developer. It appears that id refused Activision's offer hoping to force Carmack to sell his shares for $11 million, instead of the $40 million he would have received from Activision. Adrian Carmack held a 41% stake in id Software.

IGN was unable to obtain comment or confirmation from either Activision or id as of this writing."