James Delahunty
1 Jun 2007 7:19
The creator of the infamous Quake and Doom games, Id Software, is working on a new gaming franchise, powered by a brand new engine from developer John Carmack. Id Software's Todd Hollenshead revealed there was an internal project underway to GamesIndustry.biz earlier this week. "We are working on an all-new franchise: it's not Doom, it's not Quake, it's not Wolfenstein, it's not Enemy Territory, it's not even Commander Keen!" Hollenshead said.
He added: "It is a new id brand with an all-new John Carmack engine and I think that when we show it to people, once again they'll see, just like they saw when we first showed Doom 3, that John Carmack still has a lot of magic left." The last major internally developed title released by Id Software was Doom 3 in 2004, which also used technology created by Carmack.
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, a collaborative project with UK studio Splash Damage, is due out for the PC later this year, with releases for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms following later. "Our first task at id is as a single studio developer," Hollenshead said. "That's really where everything spawns from. Because John Carmack is a programming genius, who in my opinion is unequaled in video games today, he makes a great technology that we can use across a wide range of applications and different games within our suite of franchises."
Hollenshead continued: "The new stuff that we're working on does have a brand new engine that John has been working on, actually is still working on today. We can’t really talk any details about it; we'll see about when the timing is right for an announcement. We like to be able to talk about stuff that we can show at the same time and it's not really ready to show yet."
Source:
Eurogamer