All Stories Tagged: Quake series, Page 9

Bethesda has detailed this year's QuakeCon tournaments, including one pro tourney and two open championships. The prize pool for all three events totals more than $40,000.

Web browser compatibility is now a thing of the past for Quake Live, as Bethesda has released a new standalone client for the free-to-play version of Quake 3.

While id software has always been a forerunner in advanced technology and engine development, it is that very technology that is making it harder for the studio to continue to purse the creation of mod tools and easily moddable games, id studio director Tim Willits said.

Doom 4 now has the full focus of id Software, following the project restarting earlier this year.

A hefty Quake Live update has hit with new maps and modes for Premium subscribers. "That's all good and well for Richie Rich and Affluent Audrey," you may mutter into your bucket of potato soup, "but what about me?" Good news! Premium content is open to all this week.

Bethesda is re-releasing Quake 4 on Xbox 360, as part of its effort to put its mark on id Software titles following the studio acquisition.

id CEO Todd Hollenshead says that Quake Live is a creative success, but the company needs to figure out how to make it a financial one as well.

There's good QuakeCon news, and there's bad QuakeCon news. First, the bad: the old QCon forums have been hacked and passwords compromised. But the good: QuakeCon 2011 will gather venerated id veterans to tell stories in a '20 Years of id Software' panel.