DOOM 3 Gets August Release Date

DOOM 3 for PC will be hitting retail shelves on the "just announced" date of August 3, online retailer EBGames reports of late.

 The announcement is similar in style and prominence to the recent announcement of ESPN NFL 2K5’s $19.99 price point, which also happened to beat the publisher’s official announcement to release.

Activision, however, adamantly states that id Software’s long-anticipated first-person shooter will simply be available “when it’s done.” The publisher has of course been burnt a few times before by releasing tentative release dates for the game — its E3 2003 promotional materials promised a release within the year, while a subsequent financial report claimed it would hit shelves some time in this recent spring.

At most, it seems that Activision’s sales department is getting a little ahead of its marketing and media relations people. We’ll find out in the coming weeks if we’ll actually be playing DOOM 3 before the summer’s out.

Source: 1UP