Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
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That was more than 15 years ago, and it seems series developer id Software is looking to grow the series at least a little beyond those simple roots. In an update to his personal Web site, British author Graham Joyce announced that he is now working on id's upcoming Doom 4.
Joyce is a decorated scribe, having four times won the British Fantasy Society's Award for Best Novel. Other famed authors to have claimed the annual award include Stephen King (who also won the honor four times) and Neil Gaiman. Joyce also won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 2003, when his book The Facts of Life shared the designation with Patricia A. McKillip's Ombria in Shadow.
Joyce did not reveal any of his plans for the game in his blog post, saying only that he has "been hired to contribute to the storyline" of the game. A representative for id Software had not returned GameSpot's request for comment as of press time.
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"The next level"?
In what way is this taking video games to "the next level"? Valve hired the truly brilliant Marc Laidlaw to help pen the storyline for Half Life 2, and that's a good few years ago now.
JeromeW16th Jan 2009 -
RE: Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 1984 kicks your Half Life ass... Suck it baby gamer spawn... http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html
HayWould16th Jan 2009 -
RE: Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
Good point, Hitch Hikers was a brilliant collaboration. Damn that babel fish puzzle. Apparently Adams was a bit of a ***** to work with though!JeromeW18th Jan 2009 -
Bit of a different case
The Hitchhikers' Guide book and radio series predated the game by several years, so the game was an adaptation of an existing work. This is more comparable to what they did with Half-Life 2, although the HHGTTG game did have a unique storyline that Adams contributed to.
LordLiverpool19th Jan 2009 -
Repeating what made Doom 3 Great for me will be tough
I gotta give props to the producers of the single player Doom 3 Game. Really felt like I was inside of Horror movie.
Breetai19th Jan 2009 -
RE: Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
Original DOom may not have had much of a story BUT it was the best DOOM ever!
RT
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RTTECH8219th Jan 2009 -
Original Doom
Original Doom wasn't just single player...
We had that thing running 2 serial lines from fastest computer so we could run 3 player. Later upgraded to 10Base2 w/ IPX for some real carnage...
EMonkIA21st Jan 2009 -
RE: Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
It's too bad they're not considering the storyline from 1995...
Anyone remember "Knee-Deep in the Dead"?
mikedehaan20th Jan 2009 -
RE: Novelist hired for 'Doom 4'
Did everyone forget that doom 3's story line was written by an acclaimed horror novelist? That was one of their big points back when it was released in 2004. So, yeah, this is nothing new, however I'm sure the next doom title will live up to ID's affinity for producing top notch AAA titles, and will undoubtedly be their best game to date!
ghostgamer29th Jun 2010
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