Quake IV skipping QuakeCon 2004

Advertisement (Why?)

id execs say the game isn't presentable enough to be shown at the annual frag-fest.

Besides addressing the hardcore gaming element in his latest column, CNN/Money correspondent Chris Morris also revealed some disappointing but unsurprising news. For the third year since it was announced at the event, Quake IV will be a no-show at QuakeCon.

Talking to Morris, id CEO Todd Hollenshead said there were "no plans" to show the game, which is being co-developed by Raven Software (Hexen, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy). Lead designer Tim Willits was more talkative. "We've been happy with what [Raven has] done, but it's too early to show," he said.

News source: GameSpot

Beta Feedback
To submit a bug report, go to the Submit a Bug Report page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/support/default.aspx. Please do not contact technical support for questions since the public beta is unsupported and is to be used as-is. Refer to various FoxPro community resources for Visual FoxPro 9.0 beta technical questions, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/communit...ty/default.aspx.

(5 replies) #1 SW5 on 04 Jun 2004 - 22:33

will this game ever see day light ?

#1.1 mlauzon on 04 Jun 2004 - 22:58

QUOTE (#1.0)

Remeber "Duke Nukem: Forever"..?!

Michael Lauzon, Founder
The Quill Society
http://www.quillsociety.org/
mlauzon@quillsociety.org

#1.2 mlauzon on 04 Jun 2004 - 23:00

And, yes I am a "Quake" fan.

Michael Lauzon, Founder
The Quill Society
http://www.quillsociety.org/
mlauzon@quillsociety.org

#1.3 CheeseCow on 05 Jun 2004 - 07:31

Are we trying to boost our Google PageRank or are we just annoying?

#1.4 MuD on 05 Jun 2004 - 10:57

LOL @ CheesCow. But you're right though.

B.t.w., Quake IV rulez. I wonder how it will compete against Unreal 3.....

#1.5 Soviet on 05 Jun 2004 - 21:29

It wont see the light of day untill Doom3 is released. They arent going to show you q4 screens or anything untill they showcase the Doom3 engine.

#2 badall on 05 Jun 2004 - 00:20

Quake 4ever

#3 TGD on 05 Jun 2004 - 00:59

Chris Morris has a job at CNN?

#4 KeR on 05 Jun 2004 - 01:06

they have not been working on Quake 4 that long....so this is not a surprise for me.

(3 replies) #5 b3njo on 05 Jun 2004 - 01:14

3 years not a long time?

but i have faith in Raven anyway, so i think they can deliver it

#5.1 killuminati on 05 Jun 2004 - 01:26

They started a few months ago.

Raven first finished some other games. And they use the doom 3 engine so I think it's pretty hard 2 start working on a game which u dont have the engine from yet.

#5.2 Radium on 05 Jun 2004 - 11:33

They've had the engine for a long time but they haven't done much to the game because they haven't had the final engine.

#5.3 sunbiz_3000 on 05 Jun 2004 - 20:11

QUOTE (#5.1)

Raven first finished some other games. And they use the doom 3 engine so I think it's pretty hard 2 start working on a game which u dont have the engine from yet.

Its called the "Quake 4" engine that Doom3 is working on! Doom3 is very close to release and hence I think, work on Quake4 was very slow! After Doom3 is lauched maybe August 2004, we will see real work on Quake4. Anyways waiting for Doom3 final and Quake4 in 2005.

(1 reply) #6 SkaterAustin on 05 Jun 2004 - 01:46

well see the diff between duke nukem and quake 4 is that duke nukem is never going to come out and quake 4 will come out lol

#6.1 Radium on 05 Jun 2004 - 11:35

Duke Nukem Forever will be released... but only if everyone stopped developing new engines and games that they have to beat.

(1 reply) #7 hotrod on 05 Jun 2004 - 01:46

Did anyone else read that as Quake IV sHipping QuakeCon 2004 ??

#7.1 DaNIsH on 05 Jun 2004 - 04:58

Eep, I didn't even realise it was "sKipping" untill I saw your reply.
Figured it was just a typo.

#8 Varsity on 05 Jun 2004 - 06:37

I misread this as "Quake IV shipping at QuakeCon 2004"!

#9 sheer on 05 Jun 2004 - 08:28

There has never been a shipping date set for Quake 4 so comments like *remember Duke Nukem Forever* are totally pointless. This year's Quakecon will be dominated by DooM ]I[ anyway.

#10 Dark Vageta on 05 Jun 2004 - 08:59

Q4 will turn in to a new Dunk nukem forever

#11 iomayho on 05 Jun 2004 - 15:53

i was waiting for quake4 for almost three years.... but i'll continue to wait..., cuz quake is such a nice game...., i love q3 and i hope q4 will be as good or even better than q3....

#12 oblique on 05 Jun 2004 - 16:19

quake four is going to be a golfing game! FOURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

#13 b0b on 05 Jun 2004 - 16:19

QUOTE

If that is possible

#14 Ajapi on 05 Jun 2004 - 18:56

Even if it were ready to show, I don't think they would.......This show is all about Doom3 this year. They'll show Quake 4 when it is ready to steal the show. Maybe next E3?

#15 mrk on 05 Jun 2004 - 19:17

argh you fart! i read that as "SHIPPING" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Commenting has either been disabled on this article or you are not logged in. Click here to login or register, its free!

Note: Anonymous commenting is disabled in order to keep the quality of responses to a high standard.

Neowin.net