John Carmack, co-founder of id software, revealed that their next project will be a completely new game and not just another Doom or Quake. It will be an FPS and its focus will be on game-play, rather than on a new graphics engine.

Speaking during his keynote speech at the 11^th annual Quake Con, he told attendees the new game will use megatextures. This is a new technique where instead of using individual textures for the different elements of the map, the entire level will be covered with one giant texture. This allows the map to be entirely unique without repeated terrain tiles. Megatextures will also be seen in the up and coming Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.