Archive for the tag "john carmack"
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 14 Comments »
John Carmack reckons PCs are still better for FPS. He probably knows what he's talking about, so it's best to agree with him.
"The keyboard/mouse interface is definitely still the superior ...
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, EA, PC, Shooter | No Comments »
Speaking to 1UP, id chap Tim Willlits has corrected a previous comment from John Carmack that appeared to claim Rage was too big for downloads.
"We haven't quite worked through our ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Speaking to Shacknews at QuakeCon today, id's John Carmack said that Doom 4 isn't going to be a survival horror. Stop the press.
"It's not that you're running around frightened down ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Action, Activision Blizzard, EA, PC, PS3, QuakeCon 2008, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Although id didn't show Doom 4 at QuakeCon today, the company did say that the shooter will be a graphical monster, and significantly more visually impressive than EA's Rage.
Doom will ...
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