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Id Software Has Lots More In Store For iPhone

June 30, 2009

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Doom Resurrection made its App Store debut only yesterday, and the game is already in the top 30 paid apps even at the relatively high price of $9.99.  The game also sits at a four and a half out of five star rating even though many fans wouldn't even consider Doom Resurrection a true first-person shooter thanks to the on-rails gameplay.  So what does all of this mean?  Well, it would appear that id Software has a golden touch when it comes to developing iPhone and iPod touch games, and apparently they are no where near finished. TouchArcade has constructed a nice list of what id Software has in store for Apple's popular platform, which we have included below. - Doom Resurrection - Bluetooth Cooperative Multiplayer coming - Wi-Fi Multiplayer is currently working in Doom Classic (not yet released) - Doom Classic closing in on being ready for initial release - Plans for 3.0 support in Doom Classic with Bluetooth Multiplayer and downloadable content including Doom 2, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, Master Levels - Considering competitive internet multiplayer in later update to Doom Classic - Planning Quake, Quake 2 for the iPhone and maybe all the way up to Quake Arena - Plans to do a Rage themed from-scratch iPhone title - Wolfenstein RPG ready to go but being held by EA due to concern about confusion with Wolfenstein Classic - Doom 2 RPG is in works for mobile and that will be ported to iPhone too - Very early talks about a modernized Doom ("Doom++") release with new levels and story John Carmack and company have stated that they are hoping to release a new iPhone game every 2-3 months for the next year.  Those are some pretty ambitious plans, but I personally hope that they will be fully realized. Which id game are you most excited to see make it's way to the iPhone and iPod touch?

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