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Tuesday, August 24, 2004

id Software's DOOM 3 Tops Worldwide Retail Charts

PR: "Activision announced today that id Software's DOOM 3 is topping worldwide sell-through charts. The game debuted as the #1 best-selling PC game in the U.S. for the week ending August 7, according to NPD Techworld. Additionally, DOOM 3 was the #1 best-selling game overall in the U.K. for the weeks ending August 14 and August 21, according to the U.K. Chart Track and the #1 best-selling PC game in Australia, for the weeks ending August 8 and 15, according to GfK Inform Database. For the week ending August 15, DOOM 3 also was the #1 best-selling PC game in France, according to GfK; the #1 game in Germany, according to Media Control; and the #1 game in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, according to Manual Sweden, Manual Denmark and Manual Norway. 'DOOM 3 continues id Software's legacy of setting a new benchmark in PC gaming with every game it develops,' said Ron Doornink, President and CEO, Activision Publishing. 'The game has been critically acclaimed worldwide and we expect momentum to continue as it releases in new territories.'"

After finishing and then restarting it, I'm roughly half-way through DOOM 3 now, and trying to discover as many secrets as possible this time, paying closer attention to all the assorted clues and tips that are available in the PDAs, movies, and other media scattered around the environment. I also bumped up the quality level: On the first go-around, I played the game at 800 x 600 and medium quality, but this time it's 1024 x 768 at high quality, and my system seems to be handling it just fine. Overall, an excellent game.

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