Doom 3 Source Code To Be Released Soon

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So on the ball is RPS that the first post even slightly related to spooky goings-on we’ve run this week comes a full day after Hallowe’en. That’s just our shtick – spurning pagan festivals is what we do, as is being too lazy/non-cynical to compile ‘TOP TEN SCARIEST NOSES IN VIDEOGAMES’ posts to farm traffic.

Spooky this really isn't, but it does concern aged, ultra-darkened, infamous manshoot Doom 3, the long-awaited source code release for which is finally near. “DOOM 3 source is packaged and tested, we are waiting on final lawyer clearance for release,” claimed id tech guru and lover of non-existent drivers John Carmack on the Twitters yesterday. So, in theory, an enormous amount of unfettered access to the still-power id Tech 4 could arrive in modders’ and developers’ hands any day now. I reckon some quite amazing indie/amateur stuff could be created off the back of it.

Great news! While Doom 3 hasn't quite aged too well (for me anyway) it could be a great thing for not just indie game development but also for porting this to other formats...Doom 3 Wii? I really don't know, there was an official Xbox version so maybe though I've not actually seen that port or know if it would need to be scaled down much.

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Damn this is cool. It's gonna be exciting to see what people do with it when it gets released. A Doom 3 port on the Wii/360/PS3 with HD or motion controls would be cool.
 

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Doom 3 looked good at the time. Now it's just meh. Although D3 still has better textures than Rage /troll

Anyhow I'm interested what the indie scene's gonna do with this one.
 

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An SDK is not the same thing as source code. Especially in this case, the Source SDK is only for creating game content for existing games.
 

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