Doom 4 showing at QuakeCon will be exclusive to attendees

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If you've been champing at the bit to see Doom 4, then you're probably excited for QuakeCon later this month. Last month's Doom 4 teaser trailer promised news out of the id Software event, but now we've learnt this comes with a caveat: you have to actually be at QuakeCon. According to a new statement by publisher Bethesda , the convention's Doom 4 showing will be exclusive for attendees, meaning they don't intend to distribute any material on the internet.

All well and good right? Well, read on:

"This an exclusive thing we are doing for attendees as part of our Annual QuakeCon Welcome presentation. We'll have plenty more to show everyone at a later date, but we didn't want another QuakeCon to go by without doing something special for the amazing QC community and id supporters that have been with us for more than 20 years."

So this means that if you're not in Dallas, Texas between July 17 and 20 , you're not going to see Doom 4. Sorry about that.

Anticipation for Doom 4 is high. id Software scrapped an early version of the game and restarted in early 2013 . In the words of Bethesda's Pete Hines, "[the] earlier version of Doom 4 didn't exhibit the quality and excitement that id and Bethesda intend to deliver and that Doom fans worldwide expect.” If you purchased a copy of Wolfenstein: The New Order earlier this year, you'll gain access to the Doom 4 beta. No one knows when that's going to happen yet, though.

Shaun Prescott
Shaun Prescott
Australian Editor

Shaun Prescott is the Australian editor of PC Gamer. With over ten years experience covering the games industry, his work has appeared on GamesRadar+, TechRadar, The Guardian, PLAY Magazine, the Sydney Morning Herald, and more. Specific interests include indie games, obscure Metroidvanias, speedrunning, experimental games and FPSs. He thinks Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed is an all-time classic that will receive its due critical reappraisal one day.