The official iPhone and iPod touch port of id Software's Doom is now available.

Priced at $6.99, the 76.8MB download packs a total of 36 levels across four episodes: Knee-Deep in the Dead, Shores of Hell, Inferno, and Thy Flesh Consumed.

Along with single-player, the touch-controlled game packs four-person competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes. Thanks to manlyman for the heads up.

With id's first-person shooter classic Wolfenstein 3D having already arrived in iPhone form, the studio today issued details on the forthcoming iPhone adaptation of Doom.

The game is expected to be finished up and submitted to the iTunes App Store in the next month, id technical director John Carmack explained in a progress report.

"Wolfenstein 3D Classic was a quickie project to satisfy my curiosity and test the iPhone waters, but Doom is a more serious effort," he explained." In addition to the millions of people with fond memories of the game, there is still an active gaming / development community surrounding the original Doom, and I don't want to... Read more

Microsoft has announced that the already-released downloadable Xbox 360 editions of Doom and Assault Heroes will join the Xbox Live Arcade Hits program this Wednesday. At that time, the price of both titles will be permanently reduced from 800 Microsoft Points ($10) to 400 Microsoft Points ($5).

The expansion of the Xbox Live Arcade Hits program, which highlights best-selling and fan favorite Xbox Live Arcade games, will occur in place of the usual Wednesday release of a new Xbox Live Arcade title. Microsoft has commented that it plans to update the Arcade Hits lineup on a quarterly basis.

The company also released a list and media of Xbox Live Arcade titles slated to arrive "in the near future." The list and screenshots follow: ... Read more