Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Carmack: Doom 3's engine ready for open-sourcing, awaiting 'OK' from legal

Carmack: Doom 3's engine ready for open-sourcing, awaiting 'OK' from legal

When the granddaddy of FPS tweets, we listen. For those unaware, that's John Carmack - you know, the guy behind games like Doom, Quake and Rage - confirming that Doom 3's engine, id Tech 4, is all bundled up for its open-source release, only awaiting clearance from legal. To be verbose, that doesn't mean you'll be getting down with a gratis copy of Doom, but rather with the powerhouse that powers it, a veritable boon to game developers and tinkerers, alike. The release is par for the course for the company, as id Software's been routinely open-sourcing its older engines for as long as we can remember.

Engadget, Carmack: Doom 3's engine ready for open-sourcing, awaiting 'OK' from legal

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