I didn’t want to make any predictions on when the Doom 3 source code would be released – because I somehow knew it would be sooner than I thought.
The deed was done on the evening of Tuesday, November 22 and was widely reported yesterday on several gaming and technology blogs – after several years of waiting. News and speculation surrounding the release of the id Tech 4 source code began as far back as 2007.
As I’ve been reading online, we can expect to see graphical overhauls for Doom 3, mods being turned in to standalone games, and even entirely new games being developed – although only for non-commercial purposes. Sounds exciting to say the least.
The id Tech 4 engine is far from being completely obsolete. Titles such as Wolfenstein used it as recently as 2009, and the upcoming Prey 2 uses the engine, much like its prequel, released in 2006.
One wonders what will become of The Dark Mod in the future.
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Source: Joystiq
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