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More id titles to come?

Thu, 2006-10-12 19:54 — Tomacco

It seems like we'll be seeing more Id titles in the future for the XBLA service. According to an e-mail received by Firing Squad, id's CEO Todd Hollenshead had the following to say

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We're looking at bringing some of the other games to XLA, but a lot is going to depend on the response to DOOM. From what MS tells us, its been fantastic so far, which bodes well for other id "classics" to be released there. But there's nothing concrete. Making the surprise announcement at X06 for DOOM worked out great, so I'll be tight lipped about anything specific for now :)

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Considering how DOOM topped this weeks top 10 XBLA titles, I'd say chances are pretty good. The second bit that he brings up is that of when the title got announced; What would you prefer, a specific in advance release date, or to be surprised?

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Posted on: Thu, 2006-10-12 20:00 #1
if they actually can hit the
if they actually can hit the release date (a seemingly impossible task on the xbox live marketplace), then yes, i prefer to have a release date well in advance. but if it's just gonna miss its date like every other highly anticipated marketplace release, then why bother. i wouldn't be surprised if DOOM was originally intended for a surprise release during E3.

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