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Doom Cover Artist Dead at 73
Credit goes to Don Ivan Pnchatz for creating a truly remarkable and iconic piece of video game cover art when he handled Doom. An illustrator for a wide variety of publications, including National Geographic and Newsweek, Don never knew he was creating something so memorable, taking a lower fee instead of a cut of the [...]
Continue reading...Rage May be Two Discs on 360
Sunday, August 30, 2009
The upcoming id FPS may need more room than a DVD can handle. Since a 360 release is planned, that means two discs are going to be needed to handle all of the fragging action. id Software prez Todd Hollenshead states: “We’ll probably have two DVDs for sure, and then the question is, will multiplayer [...]
Continue reading...Quake Live Needs New Model to Make Money
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
One of the more intriguing ideas to come out of id was Quake Live, a browser based version of Quake 3 that cost nothin’ to play. Unfortunately, it needs to cost somethin’ to play or else you won’t be able to play it all. The current ad-supported model isn’t working according to id’s John Carmack: [...]
Continue reading...Xbox 360 Review: Wolfenstein
Monday, August 24, 2009
When we first met B.J. Blazkowicz, he ran around blue corridors, searching for keys, and killing Mecha Hitler. Times have barely changed. Now poor BJ is stuck wandering around a bland town, fighting the same Nazi groups repeatedly as he traverses from one location to the next. This modern Wolfenstein introduces an open-world hub, a [...]
Continue reading...Mac, Linux Finally Allowed into Quake Live
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
There are some weird people out there, you know, like the ones who prefer to use a stable operating system? Weirdos. Anyway, those strange ones have been cut from enjoying the online frag fest Quake Live… until now. As you read this, Quake Live has been patched to allow people using a Mac and Linux [...]
Continue reading...Get Latest Wolfenstein for Free… In Different Universe
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Raven software really wants their latest Wolfenstein entry to be popular. In fact, they want it to be so massive, they’ll give you a copy for free… if you buy it first and a small miracle happens. Designer Manveer Heir posted this funny little piece to Twitter that states if Wolfenstein outsells Madden 10 on [...]
Continue reading...Bethesda, Meet id; id, Meet Bethesda
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
In a match potentially made in hell, post apocalyptic America, Nazi castles, and Oblivion, Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax has purchased id. You might remember them from such games as Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein. Yes, the longtime proud independent studio is no more, now littered with corporate execuitives looking to push out another in a string [...]
Continue reading...Quake Live Adding Six Maps
Thursday, June 11, 2009
In-browser id FPS Quake Live is getting a boost in the form of six maps. A new one is scheduled to go live in each of the coming six weeks, which for the slow person means one map per week for six weeks. First up is a remake of Dreamcast Quake III Arena map Hidden [...]
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Monday, November 2, 2009
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