Despite the fact the Bethesda showed off Doom at QuakeCon last week, the upcoming shooter from id Software is still quite a ways away from release.
So why did the studio decide to show the game off this early to a select audience? The answer is simple, according to Bethesda's Pete Hines: to assure the gaming public that Doom is on track and in more than capable hands at id Software.
The developer is "doing really cool stuff, that is making a game you want to play, and is treating Doom with the care and respect that you want." Hines told PC Gamer. "And now we're going to go away and go back to making the game. But to be able to counter other people talking about us and we're sort of just sitting here staying silent, or operating from this negative space of like, 'Oh, it got rebooted, oh it's in trouble.' All of that stuff just bothered the hell out of me."
Are you hopeful that the future of Doom will be a long and prosperous one for id and Bethesda? Hopefully it will offer a fresh take on the franchise while paying tribute to its roots, just like MachineGames' Wolfenstein: The New Order.
