NoFrag, qui reste toujours à l'affût de l'actualité, pointe du doigt le .plan de Todd Hollenshead qui a une fois de plus été mis à jour : aujourd'hui, Todd s'attaque aux oublis divers de son annonce précédente: il parle de la démo PC, ainsi que des versions Linux et Mac. On a même des dates, bien qu'elles soient encore floues.

Maintenant que Doom 3 est gold, l'équipe d'id Software va pouvoir passer quelques semaines à la préparation de la démo, bien qu'il n'y ait eu aucune promesse à ce sujet jusqu'ici. On ne sait encore rien de ce que la démo contiendra, que ce soit solo ou multi, mais Todd estime du moins qu'elle sortira probablement après Doom 3 aux US. Elle devrait donc être disponible quelque part en août, sans qu'on sache plus précisément que cela. Patience donc.

Concernant les versions Mac et Linux, c'est encore difficile à dire. La version Linux devrait être disponible peu de temps après la sortie de la version Windows. Mais ne seront distribués que les fichiers binaires permettant de faire tourner Doom 3 sur Linux, et il sera donc nécessaire de se procurer la version Win. pour pouvoir y jouer sur l'OS open source (Merci Netsabes, pour ces quelques explications).

En revanche, la version pour Mac OSX ne viendra qu'une fois tout aussi poli que la version PC... c'est à dire « When it's Done ». ;) Courage les gars, viendra aussi votre tour.

Le .plan de Todd Hollenshead:

A few bottles of champagne later (so excuse the typos)....

First of all, thank you to everyone who sent congratulatory notes on the GOLD announcement. I speak for
everyone at id when I say I wish I could respond to everyone personally, but hopefully this general note
can convey how much we sincerely appreciate the sentiment from everyone out there waiting for the game.

A few people have reminded me of some details omitted from my initial update:

Mac and Linux: Unfortunately I don't have dates for either of these. However, Linux binaries will be available very soon after the PC game hits store shelves. There are no plans for boxed Linux games.
More remains to be done for the OSX version of DOOM 3 and that will take some time. We won't release the OSX version until it's just as polished as the PC version. The date for OSX DOOM 3 remains "when it's done", but I can confirm that it's definitely coming.

Demo: our priority was finishing the game first and now we are turning our attention to the demo. I don't have any information to share regarding any specific content, but I don't believe that we have ever disappointed in that regard in the past. We will release the demo as soon as it's done, but this probably won't happen until after the game has arrived on U.S. store shelves.

Last, but not least, the id Store: we will have copies of DOOM 3 available, but only after we get them.
I'm sure that some of the hardcore game retailers will get them even before we do. Check our website for updates on this. We certainly appreciate everyone who has helped to make the id Store a huge success this year. By the way, more DOOM 3 T-Shirts just arrived, so those popular items are back in stock and will be available this week.

I understand that people have lots and lots of questions. We're working on pulling together some form of an official FAQ, but even though we're done we still have several responsibilities that are urgent as the game heads for retail. Please bear with us on this.

I know I owe you those preparation tips, but they will have to wait until tomorrow.