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The ESA Praises Fight Against Piracy

The Electronic Software Association, which aims to represent the interests of videogame makers, has hailed the sentencing of two individuals who had been involved in software and videogames piracy as a big step towards creating a secure environment in which the industry can operate and generate profits.Kifah Maswadi&...

29 August 2008
04:56 GMT

Doom 4 Announced Again

id Software is putting on a show at QuakeCon, telling gamers all about what the future holds for the company. And, apart from Rage, which got a new trailer showing off its awesome graphical quality, id fans are getting a new Doom game.We have known that the franchise was getting a new game since May, since some job p...

1 August 2008
08:34 GMT

id Software Regrets Not Having a Launch Title for the iPhone

Some developers (EA, SEGA) saw immense gaming potential in the iPhone, when Apple introduced the innovative device last year. They proved they were right in doing so, thus prompting more video game-making companies to hop aboard - but not id Software. The company's designer, John Carmack, took some time to expla...

28 July 2008
06:27 GMT

Gaming Is Entering a Golden Age, Says ESA President

E3 is no longer a public trade show and lately the Entertainment Software Association, which organizes the event, is taking some flak of its own. Activision and LucasArts, together with id Software, have pulled out of the organization and a lot of the other members are declaring themselves dissatisfied with the work ...

17 July 2008
16:11 GMT

RAGE Will Be Distributed by Electronic Arts

id Software and Electronic Arts are announcing that they have entered a deal regarding the distribution of the upcoming id title RAGE through the EA Partners label. The new game from id is being billed as "an all-new take on the first person shooter," and is in development for the PC, the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 ...

16 July 2008
14:06 GMT

Apple Sold on id Tech 5, Wants More Games on Mac

During an interview with the folks at Kikizo, id Software's CEO, Todd Hollenshead, shed some light on exactly how Apple sees gaming and why it has never managed to up this segment throughout the years. Moreover, the renowned game developing company is truly glad that Apple is moving away from the PowerPC archite...

10 July 2008
09:30 GMT

id Software Leaves the Entertainment Software Association

id Software is announcing that it is not renewing membership with the ESA, and the video gaming industry association is confirming the move. The company that developed such iconic videogames as Doom and Quake has not offered a statement that provides rationales for its decision, while the ESA has said that no officia...

26 May 2008
10:19 GMT

Doom 4 Announced!

Just out of the blue, id Software has announced having started to work on another Doom title and used the occasion to post some job ads, too. Not the most exciting way to announce a sequel for one of the most important and beloved games in history, but somewhat understandable, having in mind the quality and overall r...

8 May 2008
03:03 GMT

Die Hard FPS Players Are Leaving the PC

One of the most persistent images regarding games and gamers in the last 10 years has been that of the hardcore FPS player, with one hand on the WASD keys and the other on the mouse, playing one of the more iconic FPS games, be it Quake II or the most recent Unreal Tournament.Recently a shift of FPS players from PCs ...

20 March 2008
05:10 GMT

'Dangerous Dave' Goes Mobile

WILDEC and DEVOLER in collaboration with Flat Rock Software just announced the release of Dangerous Dave in The Haunted Mansion, a remake of a classic platform game for mobile phones. You are to travel through the Mansion full of evil spirits, ghouls, and other threats, in search for your missing brother. After the e...

12 March 2008
06:03 GMT

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Soon Available on Linux

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars from ID Software and Splash Damage was released today in North America. Although a Linux-native client for this game isn't available yet, the developers will make one soon. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is a sequel to the four years old Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, but with the game ta...

3 October 2007
04:42 GMT

Orcs & Elves DS Port - Details and Screenshots Out!

Orcs & Elves is a fantasy RPG created by id Software and developed by Fountainhead Entertainment and has also been confirmed for Nintendo's DS. This installment is said to come with even more levels, weapons and foes. In fact, everything you need to know about the game is listed below, as the two companies behin...

1 October 2007
03:11 GMT

Download the Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars Demo Right Here!

Congratulations for clicking on this headline. In a few moments you'll be playing Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, as we've finally made available the free downloadable demo of the game right HERE, on Softpedia. Below, you have your basic system requirements, a little stuff on the demo's main features and ...

11 September 2007
04:15 GMT

Quake Wars: Enemy Territory Goes Gold. Dated Worldwide

It's all over the Internet folks: the PC version of Quake Wars: Enemy Territory, Splash Damage has been dated for Europe, Australia and North America. The game has just gone Gold and below you have the game's developer confirming it. Quake Wars: Enemy Territory for the PC is said to come in two different fo...

31 August 2007
06:49 GMT

John Carmack: DX10 Is a Piece of Crap

John Carmack has stated in an interview with Game Informer that their brand new engine will not offer DX10 support and this will probably never happen, unless he is strongly compelled to do so by "circumstances".Even more, he does not seem to be overexcited about the prospect of DX10 mostly because it is based on D3D...

8 August 2007
03:49 GMT

Are id Software and Valve Thieves?

It seems that id Software and Valve are into the monkey business. No actually, just in business, as they've apparently stolen other people's work to run Wolfenstein 3D, thus violating actual GPL laws. Of course, both companies surely knew what they were doing when they decided to use DOSBox to play the game...

6 August 2007
10:06 GMT

Quake Con 2007 - Id Software Reveals 'Quake Zero'

You'll never believe what today's Quake Con keynote revealed. According to well known gaming site Kotaku.com, folks over at id Software announced they have a team of developers carrying out work on a new Quake - a sort of a smaller project. Quake Zero is the name, and shooting will be the game, as you might...

6 August 2007
04:30 GMT

id Software - Games for Windows to Protect Against Piracy

Who would have thought that Games for Windows may play a crucial role in taking some weight off PC developers' shoulders, as far as piracy is concerned? And it's not just game developers who should benefit from this, but the end user as well, as GameIndurstry.biz reports."Some people say it's a little ...

26 July 2007
09:59 GMT

id Software Says Goodbye to the PC Platform

When the trend finally seemed to change back toward PC development, one of the biggest game developers on this little planet, id Software has decided to ditch the PC as primary platform. The lead designer and co-owner of id Software, Tim Willits has stated this very clearly in an interview with IGN:"We're so PC ...

24 July 2007
07:46 GMT

DS Getting the Engine Behind Doom RPG Mobile

What did I tell you? The world just can't get enough of Nintendo's DS. Evil Avatar's title for this piece of news - "Is the DS "Doomed?" didn't fool me one bit. How could it be doomed? There's nothing out there competing with it, as far as sales figures are concerned. The news is actually abo...

16 July 2007
06:15 GMT

Apple Conference Reveals id Software's New Graphics Engine

During Engadget's liveblogging of Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote, id Software got their chance to show off their newest technology in developing games. The engine isn't named after the game using it. It's simply dubbed "id Tech 5," most likely in reference to a fifth generation engine, although I'm...

12 June 2007
03:31 GMT

PS3 and Xbox 360 - New Wolfenstein in the Scope at Raven Software

A new game in id Software's Wolfenstein series, seems to be in the works over at Raven Software, following a comment from John Carmack earlier this year saying, "The company is pursuing Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake franchises with other partner developers", as Blue's News reports. Yahoo news sheds some more ...

14 May 2007
06:06 GMT

id and Epic about Piracy - Devs. Going Multiplatform

You bad hackers you...! Happy now? You've upset everyone with your pirating PC software and games. Especially Epic's Michael Capps: "PC gaming is really falling apart. It killed us to make Unreal Tournament 3 cross-platform, but Epic had to do it [...] the market that would buy a $600 video card knows how ...

19 March 2007
07:05 GMT




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