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Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | 7 Comments »
Speaking with GI, id Software CEO, Todd Hollenshead, said that piracy is a "hidden benefit" when you buy a PC. When asked about what PC manufacturers could do to help prevent ... Read more..Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, GC 2008, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
id Software announced at Games Convention that an in-game trailer for Rage would be available for down immediately, however we couldn't find anywhere. Well, cue CVG. The game looks incredible, as ... Read more..Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, GC 2008, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Update: CVG's got it. Go watch! The first in-game trailer for Rage will go live right after EA's press conference - which basically means now - in Leipzig and will be ... Read more..Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in EA, Trade | No Comments »
Epic boss Mike Capps, reckons the fact Valve and id have had such good experiences partnering with EA swung the Gears 2 maker's decision to sign with the publisher for ... Read more..Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in PC, Shooter | No Comments »
According to CVG, id's John Carmack is mulling over a Quake Live premium service. Quake Live has always previously been discussed as free to play. His comments will appear in the next ... Read more..Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008 | 1 Comment »
Speaking with Tom's Games at QuakeCon, id boss John Carmac said that in terms of what platform the company should be focusing on, PC gaming was now "junior partner in ... Read more..Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter | No Comments »
VG247's man in Texas, Nathan Grayson, gives us impressions of id's megalithic demon-shooting event, QuakeCon. Frags, Carmack trashing Macs and a fleeting encounter with Todd Hollenshead make us want to ... Read more..Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Horror, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter | 3 Comments »
Speaking at QuakeCon, Doom III designer Tim Willits told Eurogamer that although he understands the criticism levelled in some quarters at the horror FPS, he feels the sales figures speak ... Read more..Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, MMO, PC, QuakeCon 2008 | 1 Comment »
According to this Shacknews Q&A, id boss John Carmack's revealed that the developer turned down "good money" to develop a Quake MMO. The tech overlord says the firm "has no interest ... Read more..Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Apple, Mac, PC, QuakeCon 2008 | 4 Comments »
Speaking to Eurogamer at QuakeCon last week, id tech boss John Carmack said the reason Apple doesn't drive gaming is down to company's CEO. "The truth is Steve Jobs doesn't care ... Read more..Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Apple, DS, PSP, QuakeCon 2008, iPhone | 14 Comments »
Bit late on this, but John Carmack said at QuakeCon this week that iPhone is more powerful that DS and PSP combined. There's plenty on it on AppleInsider, although the quote ... Read more..Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in Activision Blizzard, Movies, QuakeCon 2008 | No Comments »
According to this Eurogamer report, Roger Avary is currently working on the script to the long-delayed Wolfenstein movie. "With the writer's strike it took so long to get underway and Roger ... Read more..Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Posted in America, E3 2008, QuakeCon 2008, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking to Kotaku at QuakeCon, id boss Todd Hollenshead has joined the "E3 was shit" chorus by saying that... E3 was shit. "E3 this year, in my opinion, it was pretty ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Development, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Stoke that fire, John. Give it a blow. Speaking to Eurogamer at QuakeCon today, id's John Carmack said he felt 360's the platform to go for if you want to ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in EA, QuakeCon 2008, Trade | 2 Comments »
Awesome. Speaking to Eurogamer at QuakeCon today, id's Tim Willits said part of the decision to go with EA for Rage was because all the publisher's top brass are all ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
After the break. These have come out of QuakeCon which started in Texas yesterday. Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking at QuakeCon today, John Carmack said that Doom 4's multiplayer aspects would be in excess of those from previous disc-based iterations in the company's shooter franchises, but would fall ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Internet, PC, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter | No Comments »
According to this Shacknews piece, id revealed at QuakeCon today that the firm was forced to change the name of upcoming free-to-play shooter Quake Live from the original Quake Zero ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking at QuakeCon today, John Carmack insisted that the decision to publish post-apocalyptic shooter Rage with EA instead of Activision was borne largely from Valve's expereience using EA as a ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Trade | No Comments »
Speaking at QuakeCon today, id's John Carmack said that there may be room for a fully-fledged sequel to Quake III Arena, but it'll be down to how gamers respond to ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking at QuakeCon, id's Tim Willits said that we're going to be waiting a while for shooter Rage just yet. "It's not like we know and we're not saying," project leader ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
According to this Shacknews report, John Carmack said at QuakeCon today that the 360 version of Rage will suffer visually because of the compression requirements of squeezing the game onto ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Eurogamer's posted a precis of John Carmack's QuakeCon 2008 keynote, which includes more than its fair share of quotes on the upcoming web-based, free-to-play shooter Quake Live, including why it ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the break. We're hot for this. Supernatural shooters don't work unless they have Nazis in them, and there are more Nazis here than a double-putsch. A man says, "Welcome ... Read more..Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
After the break. There's a lot to go on in there, including vehicle combat, team-based shooting and the man with funny teeth having a shout that was shown at E3. ... Read more..Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, PC, Shooter | 5 Comments »
Oh. Our. Gods. The E3 Quake Live trailer - after the break - shows something so obviously amazing we can scarcely believe it. The fact this is completely free to ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, Development, PC, Shooter | No Comments »
Endrant Studios is co-developing Raven Studios' Wolfenstein, the outfit's announced. This is Endrant's first project. "Our goal is to make exciting, fun and accessible games that translate to the masses,” said Endrant ... Read more..Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, E3 2008, PC, Shooter | 1 Comment »
The movie's on Shacknews, and it looks bloody amazing if you ask us. Nazis, green glowing stuff, Nazis, zombies and Nazis. Nothing will go wrong with this. See for yourself. IGN ... Read more..Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, E3 2008, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Activision just confirmed that Wolfenstein is to be shown in LA this week, and gave first official details on the Raven game. The shooter will have "class-based team objective gameplay with ... Read more..Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, E3 2008, EA, Shooter, Trade | No Comments »
id's John Carmack's admitted that he's only just recently come to see EA as a viable partner for his games, speaking in the wake of last night's announcement that EA ... Read more..
