there's been a spate of fake posters, photoshopped images of cds and disk boxes recently, all in jest i'm sure, but you can't fake the official word of todd hollenshead himself.

an excerpt:

yes, this is the official word that doom 3 has been code released and has been approved for manufacturing!
it won't be long now until the anticipation ends and the ph34r begins ;-) we literally just hung up with
activision and have confirmed that our latest release candidate has been mutually approved and is finally
gold. thanks to everyone for their patience (yeah right! =) and for everyone at id, activision and our
numerous partners for helping us create what i believe is absolutely the best game we have ever made.

update from t. hollenshead:

demo: our priority was finishing the game first and now we are turning our attention to the demo. i don't have any information to share regarding any specific content, but i don't believe that we have ever disappointed in that regard in the past. we will release the demo as soon as it's done, but this probably won't happen until after the game has arrived on u.s. store shelves.

i guess some of us with vid cards we're not sure we can keep might be able to hold off until the demo arrives in order to test usability.
- oisin