Games Inbox: Doom 3 release date predictions, Switch 2 controllers, and Halo Infinite co-op disaster

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The Tuesday letters page considers the similarities between Stray and As Dusk Falls, as one reader is confused about the Saints Row hype.

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Hail to the king I was looking through the list of upcoming Xbox releases again yesterday and I realised there wasn’t anything from id Software. They don’t seem to have announced anything since they released Doom Eternal in 2020 (which I would’ve sworn was even older than that but I guess the pandemic screws with your perception of time).

Obviously, the best guess for what they’re doing next is Doom 3 (or whatever they’ll call it) but there have also been quite a few rumours about a single-player Quake reboot, and I kind of flip over which I’d prefer.

I hope something is announced soon though, as I feel id are very underappreciated in modern times. They basically invented the first person shooter but nowadays I don’t think many people have even heard of them. I was also very frustrated by Rage 2 as while all the open world stuff in that game was bad the gunplay was top notch – at least Bungie quality – but that kind of overshadowed.

It’s time for them to make a big comeback and reclaim their crown as the kings of first person shooters.Cheddar

Indie future Interesting that on Monday we got reviews of two indie games that are exclusives to their respective consoles and free to play from day one through their subscription services. What’s also interesting is that neither Stray or As Dusk Falls sound like something you’d really want to be paying circa £20 for, but are perfectly reasonable timewasters for ‘free’.

This feels like the future of gaming right there. Not in terms of what the games themselves are but how medium