Unreal Engine 4 announced

Quote from TomWithTheWeather

and was next-next-gen.

Tee hee, I love how this next-gen buzzword has popped up in everythin in the industry lately. Like year ago, no one even knew what the fuck next-gen means.

Yeah. I really loath using it. I mean, how actually do you define what's next-gen or not? Normal maps? DX9? Not being able to run on today's hardware? Bla.

Carmack's gonna end up dying and then ID will make Doom 4 for the Unreal 4 engine

lol that would quite the day for ID

"Breaking News: Epic gets Carmack!"

Lol, the day that happens, you'd see mass suicides on ShackNews.

I think "next gen" is a term that only really works for consoles. In the PC context, generations aren't so clear cut due to the nature of progressive upgrading of hardware. Its much easier to apply to consoles due to the fact they DO come in generational upgrades. Its far more clear cut - from the PS1/N64/Saturn days, through the DC/PS2/GC/XBox days, and now to the 360/PS3/Revolution days.