VG247: Last year, you said that Doom 4 would be here - at QuakeCon - this year. But it's not. In the words of black-and-white television, 'you've got some 'splainin' to do.'

I thought it would [be here]. I thought it would.

Well, during his keynote, John Carmack said we were supposed to bug you about Doom 4 not being here, so I'm only following orders.

[Laughs]. Well, he said I went up and took the arrows for him, which I figure is fair enough since I did say at [last year's] keynote that there'd be no Doom that year, but Doom the next year at QuakeCon. And I think we all thought we'd be showing it this year at QuakeCon at that time. But, you know, things sort of change. And really, we do really want to wait until we have something awesome to show that's gonna blow people away.
And the other thing is that, as amazing as the RAGE presentation was, we're focused on talking about that as opposed to something that's even further down the road. It's hard to complain though, because - I don't know of it being done, I haven't heard of it being done - the demo on three platforms. Our guys did an amazing job, I can honestly say. I've actually seen the presentation, like, 30 times before, but towards the end of it, I even got, like, some goosebumps. I think part of it was the audience being really into it and stuff like that too. Plus, it really did look good and we showed stuff that we have not shown before.

So, can you say that Doom 4 will be at QuakeCon next year for sure?

Ok, I've learned my lesson. [Laughs].

I'm gonna let the Doom team speak about when they're gonna show stuff. I'll take my arrows for last year, but I'm not gonna set myself up for next year. When they're ready, they'll be ready. And I don't want to speak for them.