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Brand new engine confirmed as Todd Hollenshead spills tantalising beans on id's next project
id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has spilled a few minor beans on the developer's new, top secret project currently underway at its Texan HQ.
"It's new, it's not Doom, Wolfenstein, or Quake. We're working on it now... it's going to be on a new John Carmack engine", Hollenshead has spouted in a recent interview with Next-Gen.biz.
"...from what I've seen internally, I think it's going to be met with a great deal of anticipation", he added.
And, excitingly, he went on to reveal that...
Oh, hang on... That, er, folks, was where any revelations on the new project ended. Bah. But Hollenshead did continue to tell the world exactly why id is keeping the 'whatever it is' 99.9-percent under wraps.
"...it's just that we don't want to go out and say things that end up not being accurate later", he explained. "And right now, the technology is in the R&D phase, so we don't want to go out and say things that will later to not be accurate, and have people say, 'well I thought you said this,' and 'why didn't that happen-'"
He added that, due to the development route id is taking, it's "doing stuff now" that's making progress in development of the game, "but isn't making progress in terms [of] what you would say is going to be an impressive presentation".
"We're trying to be progress oriented, instead of putting a lot of polish up front. When we show something, we want it to be impressive. And we want it to be representative of what we think will be the final game... We're just not to that point yet, and talking about it will just be fodder for speculation," Hollenshead said.
Well, we await the full, official unveiling of the secret project with bated breath - though obviously not too bated, or we'd run out of air.
Brand new engine confirmed as Todd Hollenshead spills tantalising beans on id's next project
id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has spilled a few minor beans on the developer's new, top secret project currently underway at its Texan HQ.
"It's new, it's not Doom, Wolfenstein, or Quake. We're working on it now... it's going to be on a new John Carmack engine", Hollenshead has spouted in a recent interview with Next-Gen.biz.
"...from what I've seen internally, I think it's going to be met with a great deal of anticipation", he added.
And, excitingly, he went on to reveal that...
Oh, hang on... That, er, folks, was where any revelations on the new project ended. Bah. But Hollenshead did continue to tell the world exactly why id is keeping the 'whatever it is' 99.9-percent under wraps.
"...it's just that we don't want to go out and say things that end up not being accurate later", he explained. "And right now, the technology is in the R&D phase, so we don't want to go out and say things that will later to not be accurate, and have people say, 'well I thought you said this,' and 'why didn't that happen-'"
He added that, due to the development route id is taking, it's "doing stuff now" that's making progress in development of the game, "but isn't making progress in terms [of] what you would say is going to be an impressive presentation".
"We're trying to be progress oriented, instead of putting a lot of polish up front. When we show something, we want it to be impressive. And we want it to be representative of what we think will be the final game... We're just not to that point yet, and talking about it will just be fodder for speculation," Hollenshead said.
Well, we await the full, official unveiling of the secret project with bated breath - though obviously not too bated, or we'd run out of air.
