Long long time ago, John Carmack stated in an interview with Game Informer that there would be a sequel to Doom 3. Today, a year later, id Software confirmed that they have begun production of Doom 4 and pulled up a list of available job positions at their studios. Unfortunately, no details have been given about the game yet but judging by the kind of jobs offered by id, the game will probably support Xbox, PS3 and PC platforms.
Production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title.
"DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "It's critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles."
The DOOM franchise is one of the most recognizable and important in gaming history, having been named "one of the ten most influential games of the decade" by PC Gamer and "the #1 game of all time" by GameSpy. DOOM 4 will join the award-winning series which has consistently topped sales charts throughout the world.
Apparently, the guys over at id have just started to develop the game so we probably won't be playing it any time soon :(. However, let's hope more details and media about this game are revealed soon, i can't wait to see the new monsters and maps...