Not exactly Doom 4 news, but id Software's other game in development Rage, which shares the same id Tech 5 engine as Doom 4 has been given a release date at this year's QuakeCon.

id showcased the game running at 60fps on both PC and consoles, one of the console versions did however crash causing a cheer from the no-doubt PC-friendly audience.

We can look forward to getting our hands on Rage on the 15th of September 2011 in Europe and on the 13th of September 2011 in North America.

CVG have learned that British fantasy writer Graham Joyce will be providing his writing talent to the fullest for the sake of making DOOM 3's story a tad more sumptuous. This will hopefully command many more greats in terms of writing and storyline development than what DOOM 3 offered. Here's an excerpt from the article in question:

CVG can confirm that British Fantasy award winning author Graham Joyce is writing the story to the game as you read this, though he had signed his life away and was unable to tell us anything about the direction the game was taking. We did ask. "I can say that ID have hired me to help develop the storyline potential," was all Joyce would give us when contacted.

It sounds good, and hopefully will work to the benefit of DOOM 4's experience.

Big Download had a chat with Tim Willis of id Software, and in that chat it's been confirmed that DOOM 4's title won't be DOOM 4, but instead it'll have a subtitle since it's not a continuation of the current DOOM story. Here's a select portion from the article:

Why did they decide to make this move? Part of the reason is that the fourth Doom game will not be a continuation of the storyline for Doom III, according to Willits. Doom III was basically a "reimagining" of the first Doom game's storyline (a la the revamped Battlestar Galactica). So willl the fourth Doom game be a continuation of, say, Doom II's Earth invasion? Willits wasn't giving up any story ideas yet.

Whilst DOOM 4 was not shown at this year's QuakeCon, John Carmack has said that it is to be three times better in terms of graphics than Rage will be because it's to be locked at 30FPS, amongst other things:

Carmack later said clarified his comments, adding that the PC would have advanced so much by the time Doom 3 comes out that while the game will be 30fps locked on console, it could be 60fps or higher on PC, so "PC will be able to crow a bit over the consoles again".

Todd Hollenshead, id CEO, couldn't say much about the game. "I can tell you there will be guns. I can tell you there will be blood. I can tell you there will be demons. I can tell you there will be gibs. In other words, I can tell you it's going to be kickass, because it couldn't be anything else right?" he joked.

Check out the rest at Eurogamer.

id Software have just announced they've started working on a new Doom game. From their website:

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."

DOOM 4 will join the award-winning series which has consistently topped sales charts throughout the world.

I'd assume we'd see releases on Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.