Doom co-creator John Romero is making a new FPS with a 'major publisher'

pcgamer.com:

Id Software co-founder John Romero, one of the key figures behind Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake, is making a new FPS. Romero announced the new project on Twitter today, calling it «a new dawn» for his studio, Romero Games.

«We are 100% focused on first-person shooters, the foundation that built our careers, our studio and a genre,» the Romero Games front page now says in a message laid overtop a huge-ass skull. «Our current project is an all-new FPS with an original, new IP. Romero Games is working with a major publisher using state-of-the-art technology—Unreal Engine 5.»

Exciting news! I'm working on a new FPS, and we're hiring. Visit https://t.co/PIhw3iPgLG and check out our careers page. #gamedev #gamedevjobs pic.twitter.com/D0fcN3X8FkJuly 19, 2022

Unfortunately, there's no other information about the game available at this admittedly early point. An FAQ(opens in new tab) on the Romero Games site says «it's way too early to share any other information on it,» and co-founder Brenda Romero indicated that the studio isn't rushing into promotion, telling PC Gamer, «We are deliberately not boarding the hype train.»

That's understandable. Romero became one of the game industry's earliest full-on superstars during the glory days of id Software, but his first post-id game, Daikatana, fell victim to an over-torqued hype campaign that produced one of the most infamously ill-advised ads(opens in new tab) of all time—one that Romero said actually damaged(opens in new tab)his relationship with gamers and the game development community. 

Daikatana wasn't a bad game but the expectations were virtually impossible to meet, and more than 20 years on that promotional campaign, and the spectacular flame-out of Romero's Ion Storm(opens