Grab Your Chainsaw and BFG, Doom 4 Announced

Shotguns, chainsaws, hell spawn, tight corridors, the BFG, and a whole bunch of ass kicking. In case you’ve been living under a rock since 1993, Doom helped to define the FPS genre. With the possible exception of the Wolfenstein series, I’m not sure that any game was a better virtual babysitter during my teen years. Fifteen years since its conception and four years since Doom 3 scared the crap out of us, id Software has finally announced Doom 4. With next to nothing revealed about the game itself, speculation is the order of the day.

As is the case with many early-stage game announcements, the press release seems to be more of an advertisement to lure promising game developers than anything else. There’s no trailer, teaser, screenshots or concept art. We’re not even positive that the game will be using the id Tech 5 gaming engine, which was revealed last summer. That said, the announcement did contain some interesting tidbits that may give some insights into the next installment in this venerable franchise.
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