No Doom 3 This Year?

No Doom 3 This Year? 434

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @07:59PM from the done-when-it's-finished dept.

Ant writes "According to an article at Blue's News: '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, many have been assuming that the game would be available for this year's holiday season. Now a report on HomeLAN Fed cites Activision's 2003 release calendar and quarterly financial conference call... [saying that] 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.' Additionally, Quake IV is now due in Fiscal 2005 (which begins April 2004)."

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Doom Forever? (Score:5, Funny)

by connsmythe96 ( 576445 ) writes: <slashdot@adamkemp . c om> on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:01PM (#6506474) Homepage

Or maybe Doom Whenever?

Press Release: New Name for Doom (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:01PM (#6506478)

Obligatory: Doom 3 Forever.

Doom slogans.. (Score:5, Funny)

by TWX ( 665546 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:02PM (#6506498)

"DOOM!"

"DOOM2: Hell on Earth"

"No DOOM 3? What the Hell?"

Thats a relief! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:03PM (#6506501)

...No wonder I couldn't find it on Kazaa!

Maybe Now... (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:03PM (#6506502)

...I will be able to afford the hardware needed to play it at 1600x1200 when it is released.

woot (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:03PM (#6506508)

That leaves a chance we'll get play Duke Nukem first!

Re:No, no (Score:5, Funny)

by JesseL ( 107722 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:06PM (#6506543) Homepage Journal

I think id did start the "when it's done" trend. 3D Realms has just interpreted that as "just in time for the LAN party at the end of the universe".

Not what I heard ... (Score:3, Funny)

by SuperDuG ( 134989 ) writes: <be@@@eclec...tk> on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:09PM (#6506585) Homepage Journal

... I heard that they're going to release a 3 part box set ...
1.) Duke Nuke Um Forever
2.) Team Fortress 2
3.) Doom III
They're calling it the "vaporware of the century pack" and it will be available for the low cost of $0.00 that's right folks, free.
Just playing, I mean it's not like there aren't screenshots that people love and a huge crowd of ever-anticipating buyers just waiting.

Re:Maybe Now... (Score:5, Funny)

by JesseL ( 107722 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:11PM (#6506594) Homepage Journal

Yeah, but by the time it's released it will only look good running at least 64,000^3 in your 3d simulation tank.

Re:Pretty eye-candy, but not much else... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:11PM (#6506605)

Isn't a FPS recycling by it's very nature?

Re:Not what I heard ... (Score:5, Funny)

by spezz ( 150943 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:18PM (#6506669)

yeah, but it's only coming out on the phantom

I dont care when its out... (Score:4, Funny)

by Cyno01 ( 573917 ) writes: <Cyno01@hotmail.com> on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:22PM (#6506708) Homepage

but idspispopd better still work.

Re:No, no (Score:3, Funny)

by TheKey ( 465831 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:26PM (#6506748) Journal

I'd hit it.

No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:5, Funny)

by tds67 ( 670584 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:27PM (#6506762)

Of course there's Doom this year. It's called the RIAA.

Re:No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:5, Funny)

by tds67 ( 670584 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:29PM (#6506782)

Oh, wait...you said Doom 3.
That would be the RIAA, MPAA and SCO.

Re:I can wait for a decent game (Score:5, Funny)

by aardvarkjoe ( 156801 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:32PM (#6506818)

By the time this thing comes out, that'll be the definition of a $200 Wal-mart PC.

Activision's Business Plan (Score:0, Funny)

by Dukael_Mikakis ( 686324 ) writes: <andrewfoerster AT gmail DOT com> on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:35PM (#6506832)

1) Hype cutting-edge game of popular franchise
2) Release demos to pique interest of target market
3) Never release said product
4) ???????
5) PROFIT!

Re:Doom Forever? (Score:5, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:39PM (#6506876)

Why not just "Doomed"?

Re:No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:5, Funny)

by Requiem ( 12551 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:48PM (#6506944) Journal

There are days when I wish for a "-5, Tragically Unfunny" mod.

Re:When its done... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @08:50PM (#6506964)

I don't think it'll come as a shock to anyone that when you let the engineers decide when a product is ready to ship, that it will never ship.

Unless he's an electrical engineer.

Re:No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:2, Funny)

by tds67 ( 670584 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @09:01PM (#6507052)

Yeah, I know. I guess I'm just DOOMed to be this way.

Re:At least... (Score:2, Funny)

by MidnightLightning ( 683070 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @09:04PM (#6507077)

Or for ATI to develop drivers to run their cards ...

Columbine (Score:5, Funny)

by David Wong ( 199703 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @09:23PM (#6507212) Homepage

This also hurts any bullied geeks planning a school shooting, now forced to keep using outdated Doom and Doom II mods to map out their attacks. When Kleinbold and Harris began their spree they were completely unprepared for jumping or for how prettily water reflects in real life.

Nobody thinks of them.

Crates rendered in 24,000 polygons (Score:4, Funny)

by David Wong ( 199703 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @09:32PM (#6507265) Homepage

Oh yeah? Uh... MICROSOFT SUCKS!!! OPEN SOURCE FOREVER!!

Dammit... PC game comedy died with Old Man Murray. [oldmanmurray.com]

Re:Pretty eye-candy, but not much else... (Score:5, Funny)

by EverDense ( 575518 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @10:11PM (#6507536) Homepage

Given enough time and incentive, I can turn Doom 3 into a Microsoft Windows compatible
operating system. The question is how much incentive and how much time it will require.

Well, for starters...
I'm sure Clippy will be a helluva lot more polite, when you're pointing a Rail gun at his paperclip arse.

Re:Calendars are for Blizzard.... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @10:36PM (#6507700)

So, wait, I don't think I got it from the 6 or 7 posts above this one. Is this Quake IV or Doom IV we're talking about? I think we need at least 4 more people to explain.

Did you get that memo? ... I'll make sure you get another memo.

Re:Doom slogans.. (Score:5, Funny)

by lostchicken ( 226656 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @11:20PM (#6508039)

Doom IV: No way in hell.

This is great news! (Score:4, Funny)

by FatBobSmith ( 555928 ) writes: on Tuesday July 22, 2003 @11:25PM (#6508076)

My chances of getting laid this year just increased! I may even pass college with this much free time on my hands!

Re:Doom slogans.. (Score:3, Funny)

by ShavenYak ( 252902 ) writes: <bsmith3 AT charter DOT net> on Wednesday July 23, 2003 @09:47AM (#6510707) Homepage

Or maybe "Doom ]|[: When Hell freezes over"

They could borrow some of the ice and snow textures from that god-awful South Park game.

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Doom Forever? (Score:5, Funny)

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Doom slogans.. (Score:5, Funny)

Thats a relief! (Score:5, Funny)

Maybe Now... (Score:4, Funny)

woot (Score:3, Funny)

Re:No, no (Score:5, Funny)

Not what I heard ... (Score:3, Funny)

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I dont care when its out... (Score:4, Funny)

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No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:5, Funny)

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Activision's Business Plan (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Doom Forever? (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:When its done... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:No Doom 3 This Year? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:At least... (Score:2, Funny)

Columbine (Score:5, Funny)

Crates rendered in 24,000 polygons (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Pretty eye-candy, but not much else... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Calendars are for Blizzard.... (Score:1, Funny)

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This is great news! (Score:4, Funny)

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