Doom 4 still exists: Bethesda unveils Doom beta

<< LINK REMOVED >> err...you could;t be more wrong, do some research into the company you thought you knew. The "id" is the primitive and instinctive component of personality, this word was coined by Sigmund Freud, id is their name, not I.D, the acronym for identification. Why do you think on cutscenes for their logo a brain sometimes appears? You're welcome.

<< LINK REMOVED >> That's how it's supposed to be pronounced ha ha...

<< LINK REMOVED >> i am 35 hardcore player since 1994 - Wolfstain, Heretic , Doom, Quake , i think this generation look for competitive mode rather than enjoying the game like us in Campaign Mode, u must have try multiplayer mode as i did, its really Fun too :0

<< LINK REMOVED >> multiplayer offers more replayability. You can play thousand matches on the same level, and it will be a fresh and exciting expierence every time. Singleplayer is usually fun only once, maybe 2-3 times if the game isn't painfully linear.

@jgarbuz I think the big difference is do you want to compete with others in a battle of human wits, or do you want to feel like a hero in a movie like experience? They both offer great fun, in unique ways.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Like Skyrim with guns.

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Bethesda Softworks is actually the publishing entity, with Bethesda Game Studio as the dev unit and ZeniMax Media as the owner/shell entity that connects all of the companies and studios together.

But yeah id's still a discrete studio as is Arkane -

id's people weren't all sacked when the it was acquired, they acquired the studio cause they wanted the IP's and the people, though one has to wonder at Hollenshead and Carmack's departures last year.

@Psycold

Lets hope they take a direction back towards the original Dooms. A little goes a long way with retro shooters, but I think the genre still has some room.

And I don't think I'm alone in saying that id was fooling anyone with their awkward takes on post half-life cinematic context with Doom3 and weird grab-bag 'depth' with RAGE's many gimmicky gameplay systems.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Well, then Half Life and CS happened, which evolved FPS past that point. ID never really adapted since. I would say Quake 3 was their only good game since Half Life changed the industry (Doom 3 was alright..but not nearly as good as I expected).

The new Wolfenstein game looks awesome. I'm hoping that they do a similar job with Doom.

<< LINK REMOVED >> We might just get that. After Doom 3 I think Id will look at what made Doom fun and emphasize those points. Ofcourse there will be a plot and story but ideally it will be in the backburner.

<< LINK REMOVED >> I'd actually love a remake of Doom 2.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Just play Brutal Doom, you'll be most satisfied!

<< LINK REMOVED >> oh man don't jinx it! Duke was a piece of shit, doom can't suffer the same fate.

<< LINK REMOVED >> the people who made skyrim are not making this

<< LINK REMOVED >> This is Doom, there is no space for those examples you say, and I doubt id want's to move the franchise that far away from the origins, but we should realize we are in the 21st century, we are going to see new mechanics, we just have to ask those new mechanics have nothing to do with rpgs, or stupid social personalizations that have been so common this couple of past years.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Probably a single player beta as the game is a reboot. We're likely still a few years off the game releasing so they probably want to gauge fan reaction to the direction it is heading in. Think of it less like a beta and more like iD Software throwing the game to the wolves in the hopes of getting either positive or negative feedback.