If you’ve been waiting seven years to clone DOOM 3 and get rich, you’ll be thrilled to hear you won’t be waiting much longer – id Software is prepping to release the game’s source code to the general public.<\/p>\n
“Doom 3 source is packaged and tested, we are waiting on final lawyer clearance for release,” id’s John Carmack posted on Twitter last night.<\/p>\n
It’s a bit of a tradition for the company to release source code for old engines when moving over to a new one, having released the source code for the original Doom engine back in 1997, spawning a generation of so-called “source ports” and modified versions of the game for multiple platforms, including Boom, Marine’s Best Friend, Doom Legacy, Skulltag, and Chocolate Doom.<\/p>\n
DOOM 4 has reportedly been in development since 2008, although the recent and rather underwhelming launch of Rage prompted rumours and speculation<\/a> that the project had been put on hold.<\/p>\n