“Doom 4 is going to make fans happy” – id Software

After lurking in the shadows for quite some time, id Software finally decided to drop some words on the status of their shooter Doom 4, with id’s design director Matt Hooper stating to Eurogamer that the fourth iteration of the legendary shooter is going to be much more “distinct” from the other shooters in the shelf, including id’s in house RAGE.

“It’s going great. It’s awesome that we have so many talented people, and as a company we’ve grown so much. But we’ve been able to keep them [the Doom 4 and Rage development teams] separate.

“With Rage we’re concentrating on making our game as good as it can be. Those guys support us in whatever way they can. And we’ll do the same for them.”

Doom 4 is due for launch on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, is still without any release dates or information. However, it is stated that Doom 4 is “not a sequel to Doom 3, but it’s not a reboot either”.

“Doom 3 was sort of a reboot. It’s a little bit different than those, and if I told you why, I would get my ass kicked when I got back. So I’ll just have to leave it at that.”

“It’s very much deep in development. But everything I’ve seen on it is classic Doom, so I don’t really have worries that people aren’t going to like it and start talking about it,” said Hooper

“They’re [the Doom 4 team] going in their own direction,” Hooper added. “They’re doing something Doom fans will be happy with.”

“I try to support them as much as possible. It’s a good thing. We’re separated enough to be able to go our own ways, but still connected where we can help facilitate both those directions.

“It is distinct enough. It would be dangerous… We don’t want to make a re-skinned Doom [with Rage] and then Doom 4 be a re-skinned Rage. That would be bad.

“It’s worked out really nicely where we have enough connection to take advantage of things like technology and talent, but enough separation to be able to go in a unique direction.”

While mystery still shourds Doom 4′s release, id’s next shooter, Rage, launches this September 13th.