Neowin News Feed for: Quake

QuakeCon 2013 confirmed for August 1-4

John Callaham — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:14:27 +0000

It was announced today that QuakeCon 2013, the annual gathering of gamers to celebrate id Software's family of games, will be held on August 1-4 in Dallas, Texas. Read more...

Paul Steed, industry legend has passed away

Todd Tanner — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:16:55 +0100

Paul Steed may well be an unknown name to most, but if you played Quake or Wing Commander, you've seen his work. Sadly he passed away recently. Exactly when is not clear though. 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...

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...

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...

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...

Gaming news round up: Week of June 13

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:58:02 +0100

We admit it: We have been a little slack in giving you some end-of-the-day gaming news rounds-up news posts. Blame it on post E3 2011 fatigue and illness. But things will get back to normal... Read more...

Quake Live public beta opens next week

Jonathan Steele — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:38:34 +0000

Having being in the closed beta stages for months, the gaming masses will finally be able to get in on the Quake Live action on February 24 when the beta goes public. According to the... Read more...

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Demo v2.0

EL1TE — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:43:08 +0000

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A new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars demo has been released, allowing you to try out this game developed by Splash Damage. The Enemy Territory: QUAKE WARS Demo 1.0 is no longer supported. We recommend that... Read more...

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars - Patch 1.4 Released

EL1TE — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:16 +0000

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A new update has been released for the game "Enemy Territory: Quake Wars", this update fixes a lot of bugs in both single and multi player modes, as well it has lots of game play... Read more...

Enemy Territory : Quake Wars performance in-depth

Julio Franco — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:45:43 +0100

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While other recently released titles like Bioshock and Medal of Honor: Airborne are based on the visually stunning Unreal 3 engine, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars has been built around a modified version of the Doom... Read more...

Quake 3 Arena to XBLA, Quake Zero for Free

brent3000 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:30:09 +0100

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Fueled by DOOM being a breakout hit on Xbox Live arcade, Carmack let it slip that Quake Arena is coming as a digital download. He didn't have much to share about that -- but that... Read more...

Internet resumption still shaky after Taiwan quake

Stephen Roberts — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:46:10 +0000

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Authorities in Hong Kong have warned of Internet and email congestion when businesses reopen after the festive break as workers scramble to repair undersea cables hit by a quake last week. Repairs to the data... Read more...

Quake 4 Mac Demo Released

MonkeyClaw — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:15:12 +0100

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Aspyr has released a free demo of its Mac OS X port of id Software's Quake 4. The game runs natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macintosh computers. Gamers take the role of Matthew Kane,... Read more...

Quakecon 06: Enemy Territory Quake Wars!

Todd Tanner — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 22:11:43 +0100

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Our little buddy Oompa is very lucky as he is currently in attendance over at Quakecon 06 in Dallas, Texas. Quakecon is currently in Day Two mode, and while a ton of stuff has come... Read more...

Quake 4 Update 1.3 Point Release

DjmUK — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:48:38 +0100

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Quote - Activision sends along the newest Quake 4 patch, adding new content and features to Raven's first person shooter sequel. If you already have version 1.2 installed you can grab this incremental... Read more...

Quake 3 chosen as CPL's 2006 World Season 1vs1 game

Todd Tanner — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:06:30 +0100

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The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) announced today that it will use id Software's Quake 3 as the primary featured one-versus-one game for the soon to be announced CPL 2006 World Season. This decision was... Read more...

Quake 4 Quakemas Map Pack Released

stncttr908 — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:10:10 +0000

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Quake 4 developers id Software and Raven have made an early Christmas gift available to owners of the game in the form of three new maps. The new maps include Railed, a fast paced... Read more...

Quake 4 Invasion Coming for Macintosh

malebolgia — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:03:29 +0000

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Aspyr Media announced today that it will deliver a Mac version of Quake 4, the ever-popular first-person shooter developed by Raven Software and produced by id Software. The game, licensed from Activision, is scheduled for... Read more...

Quake 4 shoots up stores

Dice — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:37:21 +0000

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Today Activision has announced that Quake 4 has begun its assembly at stores. Quake 4 is the next-gen console version of the fourth game in the franchise, which was recently... Read more...