Will it play Doom? Yes: id Software creates mobile division
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 15th 2007 at 3:38PM
Granted, mobile versions of Doom aren't exactly in short supply, but the variety of mobile games coming out of legendary id Software's arsenal is about to explode. Founder John Carmack's wife -- who just happens to have started Fountainhead Games, the co-creator of Doom RPG for phones -- has been tapped to lead id Mobile with the goal of creating mobile ports of Wolfenstein and Quake (official ones, anyway) along with a sequel to the moderately successful Doom RPG. Long term, Carmack's hoping that we're on a cusp of an explosion in the popularity of mobile gaming, an explosion that could very well end up being driven by full-force entries into the arena by companies like id as they start to pull top-tier game developers into a field that's been historically dominated by offal from the desktop and console gaming worlds.[Via mocoNews]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luke Rogerson @ Nov 15th 2007 3:58PM
u reckon it will work on the iPhone lol...
blitzkrieg999 @ Nov 15th 2007 4:19PM
Would people actually play these? Don't get me wrong, I loved Doom and Wolfenstein as a kid... but if I wanted to play them again, I'd load up DOS-Box and play them like they were meant to be played! Not on some tiny phone screen with a phone d-pad for controls.
Miranda Kali @ Nov 15th 2007 4:32PM
I'm telling you, gosh darnit, Doom's been done to death. (uh...'scuse the pun).
Gimme some old school "Tomb Raider" or "Alice" on my portable device.
Mark @ Nov 15th 2007 5:38PM
Its an abstract concept.
kashif @ Nov 16th 2007 12:09AM
There's a Castlevania game made exclusively for mobile devices out. They continued the story and everything, so its not a port, but a whole new game.
Donald @ Nov 16th 2007 7:49AM
Now all we need is a blender with a GSM chip for firmware updates and the two wishes of every smart-ass Engadget (Mobile) commenter will be granted.