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In order to mark the 20th anniversary of the original Wolfenstein 3D launch, the game that established the core features of the first-person shooter genre, video game developer and publisher Bethesda has decided to launch a free-to-play browser-based version of the game that can be accessed on the official Facebook p... |
9 May 2012
10:02 GMT |
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The development team at id Software working on Quake Live has announced that it is adding more content update for those who are either Pro or Premium subscribers to the browser-based first-person shooter.
The Premium Pack 12 includes five new game modes, a new interface that introduces better match customization opt... |
1 May 2012
07:58 GMT |
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Video game developer and publisher Bethesda has announced that it has plans to re-launch the Xbox 360 version of Quake 4 on June 19 in North America and three days later in the European countries of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and Austria.
The game will be sold for ... |
12 April 2012
13:41 GMT |
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The first days of April are littered with jokes, but among them there are some true informations. After a long wait of almost ten years, Reaction Beta 1.0 is now available for download. According to the developers, Reaction is a port of the classic Action Quake 2 (AQ2) mod which in turn it should have been "total ... |
2 April 2012
03:57 GMT |
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The development studio id Software has stated that it is still currently working on Doom 4, despite a number of rumors that have suggested that the game was cancelled, and that the in-game screenshots that were posted on some sites during the week were fake.Matthew Hooper, who is the design director working on Doom 4... |
3 March 2012
08:53 GMT |
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Aspyr Media has announced the release of RAGE: Campaign Edition for Mac OS X. Developed by id Software, the creators of DOOM and QUAKE, RAGE is a stunning first-person shooter set in the future, after an asteroid impacts Earth.
“You emerge into this vast wasteland to discover humanity working to rebuild itself... |
3 February 2012
04:30 GMT |
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id Software has rolled out version 2.0 of their graphically stunning Rage HD video game for iPhone and iPad, adding a new Mutant Bash Store with IAP, new in-app purchasing, higher-res players and weapons, and lots more. The first in-app purchase delivered by id Software in Rage is Episode Pack 1: E04 Kraken & E05 Aq... |
27 January 2012
09:51 GMT |
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id Software has confirmed that it has laid off a number of employees recently, although it refused to say exactly how many people were let go.Bethesda, the parent company of id Software, has said that the development process for the upcoming Doom 4 was not affected and that the restructuring process was not in any wa... |
11 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The source code of the famous Doom 3 FPS game is now available, starting today November 23rd, under the GNU GPL (GNU Public License) Version 3 license.After having numerous legal troubles releasing the Doom 3 game under an open source license, John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, announced a few hours ag... |
23 November 2011
06:12 GMT |
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John Carmack, one of the founders of id Software, has just announced that the Doom 3 source code will be available shortly. In a tweet today, John Carmack said "Doom 3 source is packaged and tested, we are waiting on final lawyer clearance for release".This means that the work is pretty much done and they just have d... |
1 November 2011
13:31 GMT |
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When I thought of a first person shooter from id Software my mind wandered to well crafted guns, smart enemies and cool combat situations but it seems that in the coming years the development studio wants players to also think about racing and card mini-games.RAGE is a shooter but the people working on the game have ... |
17 October 2011
18:31 GMT |
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id Software technical boss John Carmack has confirmed that a new patch is currently being made for the PC version of Rage, in order to eliminate the issues with blurry textures still experienced by many gamers.Rage hasn't exactly had the best of launches on the PC platform, as issues with graphics card drivers m... |
17 October 2011
06:59 GMT |
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John Carmack, who is the main technology designer at id Software and created such legendary games as Doom and Wolfenstein, has stated that the PC is no longer the main platform for gaming.Speaking to IndustryGamers the games creator said, “We do not see the PC as the leading platform for games. That statement w... |
14 October 2011
05:20 GMT |
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I have only played about 8 hours of RAGE until now but I can safely say that the actual shooting in this game is great and manages to bring back fond memories of the time I spend with the various Quake and Doom titles of my youth.id Softwqare have always had two big claims to fame: they tended to revolutionize the st... |
13 October 2011
18:11 GMT |
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I had seen RAGE twice before launch, once in 2010 at Gamescom, when the game was played for me by one of the developers, and again this year at E3, when I was able to get my hands on a controller and spend about half an hour killing mutants in the drab world of this first person shooter.Both times I liked what I saw ... |
12 October 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Developer id Software and publisher Bethesda have released a new patch for their first person shooter RAGE which introduces a number of new graphical options for the PC version of the game and allows players to have more control over how they play the game.When the game was first launched during last week players fou... |
10 October 2011
04:56 GMT |
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The new driver from AMD does not outright promise to fix all problems with id Software's new game, but it does claim to address most of them, in addition to also adding some extra frames to Battlefield 3.
Not long ago, id Software announced its latest game, the Rage shooter, but the news ended up causing qui... |
8 October 2011
03:27 GMT |
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The first new intellectual property for id Software for quite some years, RAGE, has just been released and a number of gamers have suggested that the less than inspired welcome is down to expectations for the title being too high because of how long the game has been in development.Speaking to VG247 at the Eurogamer ... |
6 October 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Rage was eagerly awaited by the huge legions of id Software fans, with many gamers looking forward to a brand new experience from the studio that made iconic franchises like Quake or Doom.With the promise of delivering a unique blend of first person shooting, because it's still an id Software title, role playing... |
5 October 2011
09:32 GMT |
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No sooner did Rage, the new game from id Software, get released that PC players ran into a whole bunch of performance and graphics issues, some of which may or may not be addressed by AMD's special driver.
AMD released the Catalyst 11.9 WHQL graphics driver not long ago, but it saw the need to launch a speci... |
5 October 2011
03:59 GMT |
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Rage, id Software's long awaited hybrid between a first person shooter, role playing and racing game, was released yesterday in North America on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but most PC owners found it borderline unplayable by lengthy texture loading times and other such issues, which have now been attrib... |
5 October 2011
03:56 GMT |
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RAGE will soon arrive on the consoles of gamers all over the world and the developers at id Software are trying to make sure that players approach the game right, talking about how choice is handled and why the game is not actually open world.Speaking to Gamasutra as part of a bigger interview Todd Hollenshead, who i... |
5 October 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Bethesda and id Software are finally set to debut the Rage role playing, first person shooter/racing hybrid tomorrow, October 4, in North America, and on October 6, in Europe, so the latest and greatest gameplay trailer has been released on the web.Rage is anticipated by the legions of id Software fans, who've w... |
3 October 2011
06:28 GMT |
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id Software is hoping that RAGE, the post apocalyptic first person shooter coming in early October, will change how gamers perceive the company.Speaking to Spong Tim Willits, who is the creative director working on RAGE at id Software, stated, “I believe when RAGE ships though, that it will change the perceptio... |
29 September 2011
10:09 GMT |
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id Software, the developer of the upcoming Rage title, has confirmed that the game will ship on three DVDs for the Xbox 360, but has also detailed the special install process that's designed to help owners of the console avoid long load times.Xbox 360 owners have worried a bit in regards to Rage, the new first p... |
27 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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RAGE is certainly something different for the developers at id Software, the first original intellectual property that they have created in some time, and one leading member of the team working on it has said that more than a dozen of books and movies served as inspiration.Speaking to Gamespot, Matt Hopper, who is th... |
22 September 2011
17:51 GMT |
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After quite a lot of anticipation and build up, Rage, the new role playing hybrid between the shooter and racing genres from id Software and Bethesda has received its official PC system requirements and the general verdict is that they're quite decent, especially since it runs on the studio's new id Tech 5 ... |
7 September 2011
04:20 GMT |
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The developers working on the first-person shooter RAGE at id Software have announced that they are ready to begin working on downloadable content for the title, but that they are also busy putting the finishing touches on the experience.
The game will be launched on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 on O... |
29 August 2011
16:31 GMT |
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id Software boss John Carmack, the man behind hugely successful games like Quake or Doom, is quite thrilled with the Kinect sensor and Microsoft's efforts to promote it, especially since he believes that the technology can be improved by leaps and bounds in the next couple of years.
Carmack is one of the most... |
24 August 2011
15:51 GMT |
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id Software technical director, John Carmack, does not agree with the industry that Apple’s iPad 2 is breaking all boundaries by offering a console-level experience when it comes to new-generation video games.
Carmack admits that Apple’s iPad 2 is impressive, noting that devs are no longer forced to po... |
24 August 2011
04:24 GMT |
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RAGE, the upcoming first-person shooter from developer id Software and publisher Bethesda, has been looking very good since the two companies first showed it off, but legendary developer John Carmack says that the team has been told to prioritize a smooth framerate over actual graphics quality.
Speaking to Gamasut... |
23 August 2011
16:41 GMT |
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RAGE, the soon-to-be-released first-person shooter from publisher Bethesda and developer id Software, will have a mandatory 8 GB install on the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony.
Players will be prompted to install the game as soon as they put in the game disk and there's no option to skip this part of the... |
23 August 2011
15:01 GMT |
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When video game developer Blizzard announced that the upcoming Diablo III will need to be always connected to Battle.net via the Internet a lot of fans of the franchise and PC gamers in general were highly critical of the company, saying that the choice is nothing more than a ploy to introduce DRM measures via the ba... |
11 August 2011
16:21 GMT |
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Gaming has been held up in the last few years, by a number of influential people from academics to politicians, as one of the main causes for a number of violent incidents, implicated in anything from the Columbine shootings to the recent assault in Norway.
But at least one leading video game developer believes th... |
1 August 2011
02:29 GMT |
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As the video game industry evolves, both fans and analysts have decried the lack of innovation coming from big developers and publishers
John Carmack, who is one of the founders of id Software and is now the lead engineer at the company, has told IndustryGamers that, “I am pretty down on people who take the... |
19 July 2011
17:01 GMT |
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id Software, the developer which is now part of the Bethesda Softworks family, is getting ready to launch its RAGE first-person shooter this fall, but it seems that the team working there was working on something else using their new id Tech 5 engine before getting the idea for their current project.
Matt Hoper, w... |
12 July 2011
04:59 GMT |
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Video game publisher Bethesda has delayed the launch date for the first-person shooter RAGE to October 4 in the United States and October 7 in Europe from its original spot in the middle of September, apparently in order to make sure that the release is not too clear to that of the Epic Games-made Gears of War 3.The ... |
13 June 2011
18:21 GMT |
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Rage, the upcoming post-apocalyptic first-person shooter from id Software and Bethesda can be completed in around 15 hours, at least according to its creative director, Tim Willits.
The developer of the game, id Software, has been pretty silent about the upcoming Rage, but, at least judging from its feature set, w... |
8 April 2011
02:40 GMT |
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There are about six months until the official launch date for RAGE, the new first-person shooter from id Software, but the company is already in full marketing mode for the game, announcing that the official game has been redesigned, offering more information than ever, and giving away one free song for all those who... |
11 March 2011
14:41 GMT |
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What we know RAGE is a new first-person shooter from id Software and Bethesda, built using a brand new engine and set to deliver a hardcore shooting experience that is broken up by vehicle-based sections. The game takes place on Earth after the impact of an asteroid that pretty much destroyed the world and create a... |
23 February 2011
18:21 GMT |
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2011 is the year when both Sony and Nintendo, the two big players on the market, are set to launch new handhelds, but at least one leading video-game developer believes that the specialized mobile gaming devices might be on their way out, threatened by the rise of ever more powerful smartphones and tablets. John Car... |
11 February 2011
04:06 GMT |
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RAGE, the long-awaited new first-person shooter from developer id Software and publisher Bethesda Softworks, will probably not get a single player-based demo before launch date, with those interested in getting it needing to rely on reviews and on other media to make a purchase decisions.
Peter Hines, who is the v... |
25 January 2011
04:24 GMT |
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John Carmack, the technical director and one of the co founders of id Software, has stated that digital distribution for video games and other forms of content will dominate the future even though at the moment packaged physical sales are still driving the industry.John Carmack has said that, “I really, really ... |
30 November 2010
13:41 GMT |
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ZeniMax Media is continuing its shopping spree and, after buying Shinji Mikami's Tango Gameworks, has just revealed that it has acquired European development studio MachineGames, and will task it with creating multi-platform titles using the id Tech 5.ZeniMax Media is the parent company of Bethesda, owning not o... |
12 November 2010
14:21 GMT |
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A leading developer at id Software has said that the company's upcoming shooter RAGE will get downloadable content soon after release as part of a strategy which focuses on creating a sustainable franchise for the company.When asked about Eurogamer whether the game would get DLC Tim Willits, who is the creative ... |
6 October 2010
18:11 GMT |
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Stereo-3D gaming has recently kicked off, but it seems that it may take some time for this type of entertainment outlet to actually gain traction because, according to Bethesda subsidiary id Software, the technology has to become significantly more affordable.The company is the one that developed the famous Doom and... |
26 August 2010
11:20 GMT |
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Todd Hollenshead, the chief executive officer of id Software, has said that the video game industry and the consumers are not ready yet for 3D, mainly because of the high cost of the hardware. A more widespread adoption of the technology was necessary for it to take off. Speaking to Eurogamer, Hollenshead said that, ... |
25 August 2010
06:03 GMT |
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RAGE is a new action first person shooters developed by id Software and published through Bethesda and the first new intellectual property in about ten years from the team that brought shooters like Doom and Quake to the gaming world.I was skeptical about RAGE, having been a bit disappointed with Doom 3, but I am hap... |
19 August 2010
15:34 GMT |
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id Software announced during QuakeCon that Rage will be released on the 13th of September 2011 in North America and on the 15th of September 2011 in Europe on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC. Tim Willits, lead designer of Rage, was demonstrating the game on all three platforms simultaneously on stage when ... |
16 August 2010
04:19 GMT |
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Todd Hollenshead, the chief executive officer of id Software, has declared that id Tech 5 will not be licensed to third party publishers and developers, but that it would only be used in titles distributed by ZeniMax or Bethesda Softworks. It seems that id Tech 5 will not have the same status as the Unreal Engine 3.0... |
13 August 2010
09:07 GMT |
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