' Tim assure us that the BFG although still under development, will resemble the original BFG far more closely than it will Quake III's, hopefully meaning a return to its 'Area Damage' roots. He also revealed that the chaingun has proved a favourite for deathmatch games, thanks to its combination of rapid fire-rate and long distance accuracy.

In addition, he also proudly promised you'll be able to knock rockets out of the sky with the Plasma gun before they get a chance to part your body from its limbs, a trick which will no doubt prove priceless in multiplayer games.

Whats more, like many of its monsters, a lot of Doom 3's items are upgrades from the original. "The Berserk Pack is now like the Haste power-up and Berserk pack combined. We also have invisibility and IR, but beyond that its too early to say anything more," explains Tim.

SOUL TO SOUL
But it was his next snippet of information regarding the mysterious Soul Cube which has got our heartbeats really racing. "We don't want to give away too many surprises, but what we can say is that the Soul Cube is an ancient weapon one created millions of years ago to stop the forcrs of hell. It was used in an epic battle of good versus evil long before earth was anything like we know it today." The plot thickens.'