Wow! Wow! And an even bigger WOW! Just when you thought things couldn't surprise you in this business along comes id Software who today announced out of the blue that they would be developing Doom .... wait for it .... 4. Yes, the fourth title in the first person shooter series that launched id Software to the stratosphere in the game development industry is indeed in the works with the Dallas-based developer expanding its team to accommodate working on the game.

This is an even bigger surprise considering that id had already announced plans to develop Rage, an all new action game that was first announced and shown at QuakeCon last August. Little to no info on Rage has been revealed since then and indeed no mention of the game was made in today's terse Doom 4 announcement (Update: id Software's PR rep has told BigDownload that Rage is still in development and that id is simply expanding to hold a second team for Doom 4). No info, including a release date, publisher or platforms, has been revealed about the new Doom game with id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead only saying, "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." So if you are an aspiring game developer and have always wanted to work on a Doom game you now have a shot at it.