From the looks of it, legendary development studio id Software is working on a new version of its proprietary game engine - id Tech 8.
The Texas-based studio is responsible for some of the most popular shooter franchises in the gaming industry, including the Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake series and a new version of the studio’s game engine appears to be on its way. At least, according to a resume from an engine programmer at the studio. On Linkedin, the programmer, who has been working at id Software since 2019, briefly mentioned “id Tech 8” in the about section. This reference has been edited and now only reads “id Tech”. Luckily, gaming industry job spotter ‘Timur222’ screenshotted the reference, although this tweet has also since been deleted.
ID Software are Vulkan wizards. Absolute mad lads.
It’s a shame we have only gotten 1 game on id Tech 7 (Doom Eternal). I know it’s a highly specialized engine, but I’d love to see more FPS titles using it or this new version (Wolfenstein 3 please)
Dunno how interested I’d be in Wolfenstein 3 without Mick Gordon.
I need to fight mecha-Hilter, I don’t care if it’s in complete silence ha.
Can’t imagine it would be much of a fight based on what we saw in TNC
I wish there were more games licensed to use idtech.
New Doom when?
hopefully its going to be more like Doom 2016 than Eternal
Yea I have a hard time articulating why, but I preferred 2016 to Eternal.
Also, I think Mick Gordon and id Software aren’t likely to work together anymore, which to me is kinda the nail in the coffin of these reboots.
I don’t think Doom can be Doom without its music composer.
Didn’t they work on a new engine when they made fallout 76? I’m sure that wasn’t at all a disaster.
id Software provided development assistance on Fallout 76, in the form of additional programmers. Specifically, they assisted with netcode from Quake Champions to support the multiplayer functionality needed to realize the game.
The creation engine is the disaster
Can you imagine trying to shove netcode into Gamebryo? Id developers on their first day.
Gamebryo was an MMO engine before it was a single player engine interestingly enough
It’s also used for the FIFA games, if I’m not mistaken.
And on the last day of ID working at Bethesda the “this is fine” meme was made
That’s fair. Thanks for pointing it out.
