id Software, the developer behind the
Doom and
Quake franchises and one of the biggest names in the PC gaming industry, is set to develop a new title exclusively for the iPhone according to recent comments.
John Carmack, lead technical whizz at id Software, has long been a fan of mobile systems and has bought adaptations of
Orcs and Elves as well as
Doom RPG to mobiles and DSs everywhere - but is now working on something for the iPhone.
"
We have a title we want to develop exclusively for iPhone...I'm not announcing anything specifically, but it would be a graphical tour de force," Carmack told
Forbes
Anna Kang, president of id Mobile, also added her two cents to the announcement, mentioning that the game "
would not be a new IP."
Care to take a guess at what we could be looking at then? A iPhone version of
Doom or
Quake is probably most likely, though obviously a multiplayer-capable version of
Quake 3 would be the holy grail. Let's just hope it isn't
Orcs and Elves, which was a pretty dry and desperate affair for id.
What do you think would be the game most suited to the iPhone? Let us know your thoughts in
the forums.
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