'Well we've got Doom 4 going on right now below our feet here,' he said. Carmack told the magazine the shooter should not take as long to get out the door, unlike Rage, which was announced in 2007 at QuakeCon, and will not be out until next year, producer Tim Willits told VG247 in May. Id Software technical guru John Carmack told OPM UK anyone expecting to wait a long time for Doom would have a shorter wait than first thought.

Tim Willits did, however, talk to the press in May 2010 to boast that 'it'll be even more awesome than Rage.' At the beginning of QuakeCon 2010, Hollenshead said the development team was not ready to give a demonstration on the game. In a 2009 interview, actor Brad Hawkins said that 'I do know we are dealing with a post-war/post-apocalyptic event that civilians and military are fighting for their survival.' Īt QuakeCon 2009 Todd Hollenshead mentioned that id Software would reveal new Doom information at QuakeCon 2010, August 12–15. On June 23, 2009, ZeniMax Media, best known for Bethesda Softworks, acquired id Software and announced that all future id Software games would be published by Bethesda Softworks, Doom being one (in addition to Rage and future Quake titles).

On May 7, 2008, id Software announced that the development of Doom had begun.

John Carmack confirmed in August 2007 that the fourth Doom was in the future plans of id Software. Work on a new Doom game began in the years after Doom 3.