Nova III is a Boom-compatible megawad released in 2019. Continuing from Nova II: New Dawn and Nova: The Birth, the project was aimed at newer or inexperienced Doom mappers. Nova III went through a lengthy development cycle of four years, with multiple changes in management. The project was first publicly announced on the Doomworld forums with a sign-up and planning thread on December 22, 2015, under the leadership of James Collins (an_mutt). Development officially began on January 17, 2016.