Who else is ready for Rage 2? Announce at E3 is looking highly likely.

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shikamaru317 said:

zorg1000 said:

Is iD just a single team studio?

I think so. Last time they released an updated figure of how many devs they had, in 2012, they had around 200 devs. At one point they were 2 teams, working on both Rage and Doom 4 at the same time. Then Doom 4 got stuck in development hell, and I believe they became a 1 team studio in 2012.

2007- John Carmack announced Doom 4 is in development, at the same time that Rage is in development. 

2008- Early Rage footage shown at SIGGRAPH 2008

2010- Rage releases 

2011- John Carmack says Doom 4 still in development

2012- Reports that Rage 2 was in development since Rage 1 released, but has now been cancelled. Doom 4 secretly rebooted as Doom.

2014- Doom is teased

2015- Doom gameplay revealed at E3

2016- Doom (2016) released

2016- Bethesda's Pete Hines says that Rage and The Evil Within were both profitable enough to get sequels (The Evil Within would go on to get a sequel in 2017)

2018- Pete Hines possibly teases a Doom 2 announcement at E3, saying that pre-E3 is a "hell on earth" time for Bethesda. The original Doom 2 was about Hell on Earth. 

Definitely feels like they became 1 team working on Doom starting in 2012. There are some rumors that id aren't making Rage 2, apparently Rebellion, the  Sniper Elite devs, might be making it. If that's true, then Doom 2 might be in development at id right now, with a planned teaser at E3. 

Cool, thanks for the info.

I knew the only major AAA title they released between Doom 3 (2004) & Doom (2016) was Rage (2011) but i wasnt sure if that was due to Doom 4 being in dev hell or because they were just a single team.

Would be nice if they had 2 teams but based on what you said it seems like they are more of a 1.5 team studio, as in they can work on 1 major title with some smaller stuff alongside it.