Doom 3 : August the 3rd 2004
 

Ok, so some of you know that I work in the Videogames Industry and get to see and hear all sorts of cool shit and a couple of days ago was no exception.

We received word that Doom 3 would be released worldwide on the 3rd of August, no word as yet whether it'd be the Collector's Edition or not but August the 3rd is Doomsday (cheap little pun).

Don't take me on this 100% but it's what I've heard from a lot of my inside sources and the info is already spreading over the net like wildfire so chances are you've already heard this, anyway, now is the time to rejoice! Doom 3 is on it's way at long last! (I hope)

I must stress that we can't put 100% faith in this, I just thought I'd let you guys know!

SOME EVIDENCE:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/doom-3/525408p1.html?fromint=1

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/32365

http://pc.ign.com/articles/525/525394p1.html

Cool, can't wait for it to fail to live up to all the hype.

--jaded

*waits patiently for Duke Nukem Forver, then realises that I will be no doubt be living in a retirement home by then *
and of course that would mean having a video card more recent than a mid 2000 model.

Doomsday. heh heh. I like it :)

Yeah I read this I think sometime yesterday afternoon as well. Very cool stuff.

So, now I know. August 3, 2004 - the date I begin my search for a new video card. ;) No way in Hell I'm not playing that game with all the settings to the max.

So what are the machine specs?

I'll wait to rent it on the X-Box...but still, this is the first time I've been excited about Doom since the series actually started.

This is good news:)

And my grades will plummet....

Cool. Can't wait.

Hey, that's my grandmothers' birthday, and the day before mine! :D
I wonder if she would've liked these new video games.
She was a feisty ol' codger. :)
She used to play the old Atari games with us and kicked ass.

I can hardly wait for this. :cool:

August the 3rd! [takes out his Game Publisher Speak Dictionary] ...so that would be September 30th. Huray! Not that far into the future.

LOL, it's not like id to give a release date prematurely, they stand by their "When it's done" statement quite strongly (unlike Valve).

There's been quite a lead up to the announcement of a Street Date, mention of the DVD Collectors Edition, talk of the game having been finished prior to E3, so much work done on the X-Box port... Doom ain't too far away folks, at least we can be quite sure we'll see it this year.

Hasn't it been due to come out within 2 months for like the last two years??

I've heard min stats are:

Official Doom³ System Requirements
7/16/2003 | 15:40 Posted by RosOne 50 Comments
With all the hubbub floating around the net lately about what would and what wouldn't run DOOM³, we decided to bring an end to the system requirement confusion and contact the main man, John Carmack, himself. Here is the official word on the minimum system configuration you'll need to run Doom³.

1GHz CPU
256MB RAM
GF1 or Radeon 7xxx series card

Blah, that's the minimum to run Doom 3: the slideshow (if you're lucky edition). Of course that is "minimum", but I'm sure recommended would be >2.0 Ghz CPU (2000+), 512 MB RAM, and a GF4 or Radeon 9xxx series card.

Hrmmmm to go PC or Xbox... That is the question. My couch is so much more comfy than my computer desk...

But your mouse is so much more responsive than your x-box pad.

...but the couch!!! So, damn, comfy...

I dunno. I mean, it's your choice, but can you honestly say that it's even remotely as easy to play an FPS on a console? I don't think so personally. The mouse gives so much more accuracy, as was mentioned, and the keyboard gives you any number of easy combinations of key configurations. Not to mention that, I'm pretty positive, the max graphics on PC will be better. Just my 2c :) I'm still confused why they made it an XBox exclusive when John Carmack is such an open source advocate. I guess that's what happens when he reduces his role in the company and focuses on Armadillo instead *shrug*

I agree with the graphics bit and keyboard portion, because you do have more control-ability when using a kb/mouse combo. However, my 2c on the Xbox-exclusive launch has everything to do with the Xbox being, from a hardware standpoint, the most powerful console on the market. That, for me, is reason enough for Doom3 to be an Xbox-exclusive in the console arena.

I agree that the keyboard / mouse is more accurate. And the graphics will definitely be better with a well equiped computer. However there is a massive convenience factor with the Xbox. No worrying about installations going wrong, no worry about performance issues, no worrying about upgrading anything. It is a tough choice. I'll have to carefully weigh my options. The couch is very comfy and convenient though... I dunno I will have to wait and see how it plays out. Although there is one FPS that I much prefer on the box over the PC and that is Halo. But DOOM is not Halo and it is not designed for the box, it is designed for the PC. So I dunno. It's a toss up at this point...

you're gonna have to move your couch in front of ur computer....fps=must play on pc

Here's to hoping I get laid off next week so I can have time available for this important event.

/works for Miramax, is busy dodging HR Hit Squads

Nah...Perfect Dark, Goldeneye, and Halo have all treated me fine and dandy where my couch is right now. I'll wait a lil' bit for it to hit X-Box instead. Besides, my computer is crap. Crap. Utter and complete crap. Let me say it one more time, ccrraapp.

Halo is a lot lot lot lot better on the xbox than on the computer.

For me, playing on a 48'' tv, w/ surround sound vs a 17 inch monitor is no question.

Was just going to mention the official GOLD STATUS of the game but I've ben beaten to it:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=62562

Anyway, an official link:
http://www.idsoftware.com/business/p...20040714000000

EDIT: Looks like Blitz beat me to it
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...0&pagenumber=2

Hook your PC up to your TV and Home Theatre, that's what I do sometimes, 43" of Call of Duty with Bullets whistling past you at Stalingrad will fuck you up for life.

Shit yeah dude, we got Doom 3 threads up half a mile over here. It's fuckin insane. We've 3 threads just for Doom 3 in Tilted Gaming dedicated just to Doom 3, mine mentions it, and then there's one in Tilted Computers. Search people search!!! Not that hard.

Me from the other thread:
Just for the record I started this thread regarding the release date a while back.

Yes, yes you did. Yours is the first to be dedicated to this subject, no arguing that.

New video card needed.

On another note No DVD version?

Hey are any of you guys from Future Mark????
My husband is INNOVA on futuremark, I just noticed because the same pics on their DOOM 3 threads.

Cool if you are........we have a lot in common.

I know this thread is for DOOM3 on pc, but does anyone know when the release date on the x box version? I'm thinking christmas or after the first of the year.

According to ign.com, you'll be pleasantly surprised that Doom 3 should be hitting Xbox on precisely October 4, 2004. This is gonna be a pretty fucking huge fall winter for gamers, as I've said before. MGS3, MP:Echoes, Halo 2, HL2, Doom 3, we're innundated with superb games this winter.

Not to contradict bltzkriegmcanon, but Oct 4 looks *extremely* unlikely. And 2004 is now in doubt, according to id.

"We can't say, at this point, that it's going to come out this year," said Hollenshead. "There are a couple of big pieces of work that still have to be done."

Linky:
http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/14/comm...ming/index.htm

Hey, what can I say, I could be just as wrong as ign. It wouldn't be the first time. I would definitely be willing to accept wrongness in this matter since it came from the mouths of id.

radeon 7xxx hahahahaha

October is when id/Activision want it on the street but what with the Linux binaries, the Mac version and of course the X-Box version id have a LOT of work to do. Can't complain though, been waiting for Doom 3 on PC for ten years... or at least since I first finished Doom 2.

http://www.doom3.com/ has just got fully live, no more static coming soon crap.

BTW (1), in their media section they have a clip of intro music to the game. The first thing I thought when I heard it was, "SHIT! That's Tool!!!" then I remembered the rumour about Tool and Reznor teaming up for music, that rumour just got confirmed! BTW (2), Reznor's sound design is incredible, having played the Alpha and having shit scared out of me when the neo-Pinky demon burst through the pipes... God that fucked me up.

EDIT: Shizzam! Just found out that Reznor pulled out of Doom 3 in 2003... what the shit man, I hope they didn't throw his stuff out!!!

Thanks for the update on the webpage. I opened it up and started looking around, but decided to close it. I don't know much about the game, but I heard the SP is short and the MP is limited. Since as far as I know, the only thing going for it is the horror factor, I've decided to try and shield myself from any info about it and just play the SP at night and see if I can't give myself nightmares and the screams!