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id's John Carmack would be happy if Windows 8 didn't exist

John Callaham — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 20:10:40 +0100

id Software co-founder John Carmack says that, in terms of making games, he would be happy if Windows 8 didn't exist, while also saying he is "kind of excited" about checking out a Surface tablet. Read more...

Doom creator thinks tablets will kill consoles

Tyler Holman — Tue, 29 May 2012 07:23:56 +0100

John Romero, the man behind classics like Doom and Quake, and really the modern shooter genre, thinks that consoles will soon go the way of the dodo, brought down by tablets and the post-PC revolution Read more...

Quake Live gets new update; free trial of premium content

John Callaham — Wed, 02 May 2012 02:12:12 +0100

id Software has launched a new update of its free-to-play first person shooter Quake Live along with opening up the features for its paid Premium level from now until Sunday, May 6th. Read more...

QuakeCon 2012 registration opens on Wednesday

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:56:22 +0100

Registration for the 2012 edition of QuakeCon in Dallas, Texas begins on Wednesday at 8 pm ET. The event will be free to attend but it will also have some premium tickets available to purchase. Read more...

Quake IV to be re-released in retail stores in June

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:58:14 +0100

Bethesda Softworks has announced that it will re-release Quake IV for the PC and Xbox 360 in retail stores this June for $19.99. The first person shooter from id and Raven first came out in 2005. Read more...

Doom 4 cancellation rumors denied by Bethesda Softworks

John Callaham — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:43:25 +0000

A new rumor that claims the long awaited Doom 4 has been cancelled at id Software has been denied by a spokesperson for the developer's parent company Bethesda Softworks. Read more...

Original Quake game no longer banned in Germany

John Callaham — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:19:16 +0000

The ratings board in Germany is now allowing the original 1996 version of id Software's first person shooter Quake to be sold in that country, a few months after Germany lifted the ban for Doom. Read more...

Doom 3 source code released

John Callaham — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:32:15 +0000

Over seven years after id Software released Doom 3, the developer has now released the game's engine source for for anyone to use for their own non-commercial projects. Read more...

Rumor: Doom 4 on indefinite hold? [Update]

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:53:51 +0100

A new rumor claims that due to issues with id Software's latest game Rage, owner Bethesda Softworks has put the developer's next project, the long awaited shooter Doom 4, on indefinite hold. Read more...

id's John Carmack: Rage's PC release was a "cluster!@#$"

John Callaham — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 07:10:36 +0100

id Software's John Carmack has admited that the launch of the PC version of its long awaited game Rage was a "cluster!@#$" due to graphics driver issues. Read more...

PC version of Rage dealing with graphical issues

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:58:29 +0100

PC gamers who have bought the just released id Software first person shooter Rage are experiencing a number of graphical issues with the game due to driver issues. Read more...

Rage PC system requirements revealed

John Callaham — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:56:03 +0100

The PC system requirements for Rage, the latest first person shooter game from developer id Software, have been revealed about a month before the game is due to be released. Read more...

Germany lifts sales ban on Doom and Doom II

John Callaham — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:55:09 +0100

Germany's government has finally allowed id Software's first person shooters Doom and Doom II to be sold to teenagers, 17 years after it restricted sales to just adults. Read more...

RAGE requires massive amount of Xbox 360 HDD space to install

Paul Ferson — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:38:01 +0100

If you were planning to install RAGE on your Xbox 360 console, you may want to ensure you have enough space for the game, or invest in a new hard drive. id's title will require a lot of storage space. Read more...

QuakeCon 2011: Rage hands-on impressions

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:28:47 +0100

We got to play the first 90 minutes or so of Rage, id Software's six-years-in-the-making first person shooter, at QuakeCon 2011 this week. Read more...

QuakeCon 2011: John Carmack speaks

John Callaham — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:16:58 +0100

At QuakeCon 2011, id Software founder John Carmack gave his annual keynote speech as he talked about Rage, gaming programming in general and more. Read more...

AT&T to provide bandwidth for QuakeCon 2011

John Callaham — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:10:48 +0100

Next week's free QuakeCon 2011 LAN event will be getting a big boost in its broadband infrastructure. The Bethblog web site has announced that AT&T will be a major sponsor of the event which is... Read more...

Forums for QuakeCon event hacked

John Callaham — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:29:52 +0100

A few weeks before the launch of the 2011 edition of QuakeCon, the organizers of the free LAN event have admitted that its official forums were the subject of a hacker attack. The official QuakeCon... Read more...

id's John Carmack: Mobile gaming tech will surpass current game consoles

John Callaham — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:59:01 +0100

It's no secret that id Software co-founder and lead programmer John Carmack loves to make games for mobile platforms. Carmack started out by making games like Doom RPG and Wolfenstein RPG for mobile phones well... Read more...

Happy 15th anniversary Quake

John Callaham — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:42:29 +0100

15 years ago today on June 22, 1996, id Software changed the entire gaming industry with the release of the full version of Quake (id released a free multiplayer preview build, known as Qtest, several... Read more...