id Software closes mobile operations to focus on Doom 4

does that mean 2014? dang

one of my all time faves though =>

Thank God.

A Doom 4 trailer will quiet us for now, give it to us id

id... I am appoint

In my opinion, it is great that id Software are fully focus on Doom 4, I just hope it is not a disappoinment like Rage.

Please do not rush and let it be error free and ready to play..........Also, battery last longer that the previous games(flashlight).

Well @ least its not cancelled.

As long as i can hold a gun and a flashlight at the same time, fine by me.

dang, i haven't even beat doom 3 yet, gotta get started

Just hoping that it can deliver in the shooting and/or in the scares unlike Doom 3.

Honestly, id's games on mobile haven't been that strong; the Unreal engine stuff has surpassed it. Still, it would have been interesting to see them make a really top-end game for both Vita and iPad - now that they use the same GPU, they could have hit a pretty large market with (I presume) minimal cross-platform graphical difficulties.

Ain't many people on this site with a positive attitude anymore. Always someone finding faults in something. Maybe some of you need a new hobby.

I'll be happy with doom 4 so long as you can mow down demons at speeds exceeding 80 mph with a chainsaw!

I hope to see Doom 4 next year

I just finished reading Masters of Doom, great book if you were around in the late 80's and early 90's and remember when Doom first came out along with Quake.  I think John Carmack is an amazing programmer, but I think the design and great game ideas only came from Romero.  No Doom will ever be as good unless he brings back Romero.

I'm not even big into Doom, but that's a decision I definitely approve of. 

Just one thing - PLEASE ID, NEVER EVER EVER JOIN WITH ACTIVISIONn. Then you will be great always.

Finally! I've been waiting for this for quite a while! I am a little disappointed they aren't implementing the horror theme they had with Doom 3 and going back to more a shooter style. Either way though I'm sure its going to be AWESOME!

Big blow and im happy why . because soical gameing and moblie gameing dying out. Im happy there working on doom 4 could be best for them . Since social gameing on fb dying out as well.

For me this is just fantastic news.  I have enough stuff on my mobile devices.

I want some Doom 4, and if it means them shifting people over, I'm all for it.

Oooooh good. so by doing this now Carmack can give us an engine where we can see characters sweat....

All will be pointless if they do to Doom what they did to Duke Nukem.

I used to be a FPS fan back before Counter Strike and Call of Duty ruined the genre.

Duke Nukem Forever had everything (or almost) to be a great game, but they just HAD to include stuff that made modern FPS awful on it: So many quick-time events, auto-regenerative life, limited weapon inventory... If Doom 4 comes with any of that, I know I'll just lose hope the genre ever becomes fun again.

But I guess it's inevitable, seeing as those crappy features are what made the genre appealing to the new generation, a.k.a the generation who hates challenge.

Can't wait for Doom 4! RAGE had a lot of potential, they could have delivered it better.

I have a feeling that Doom 4 will incorporate the engineering mechanic from RAGE which, if implemented correctly, will actually be a very welcome inclusion. I do hope that in terms of story and feeling - id Software can employ the mind behind the way Half-Life 2 implemented this sense of constant vulnerability into the world, within Doom 4.

If Doom 4 turns out to be great, I hope it sells a bundle and elevates id back its former status as one of the pioneers in the industry. If not, I hope it gets the RAGE-esque treatment it deserves. Personally, I enjoyed playing through RAGE PC (after the initial issue with bugfest was addressed), but the game was so hyped up that it was destined to "fail". 

Hmm, I wonder how Doom 3 BFG Edition will turn out? If it performs very well financially, is it possible that id management would shift the focus back to mobile development?

I sure hope they dont make Doom 4 into a silly arcade shooter like Doom 3. Doom 3 was still enjoyable but it got boring when I knew where every enemy would come and all that. A shooting gallery at its finest I guess. But I suppose thats one of the reasons why doom 1 and 2 were so charming.

Here's me hoping he gave up on iPhone for good. Controls are horrible in any game they ported, I quit Wolfenstein iOS version after struggling with it 5 minutes.

As a PC-only gamer and having enjoyed Doom 3 I say: better them than us. Bring on the blockbuster, AAA, BFG (Big F*cking Game)!

I love Doom 3 and am very excited for the upcomming BFG edition...with that said, I really want Doom 4 to be totally different than Doom 3 was and hopefully much less repetative.

i have zero care for mobile telephone gaming whatsoever! Im glad to hear they are focusing on Doom 4 as much as possible, i think they have to do a lot of things right to make it a smash hit. I was not that impressed with doom 3. I would like them to go back to roots, more fast paced gameplay, more monsters at once. Doom was a very violent and bloody game for the age that it came out, so keep on par with that. keep all the monsters, but add some new ones too. lots of secrets.

i want this game to be solid, and definatly DO NOT look to duke nukem for inspiration, that was an abomination of a fail.

I really think Doom 4 is a pivotal release for Id that will help them prove they're still relevant in the industry.  I want Doom 4 to be successful, and pulling resources from other operations to focus on the title tells me Id is taking it seriously as well.

I'm very pleased to hear this!