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News

QuakeCon 2012 Dated For Early August

9:45AM January 25, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Id’s annual celebration of virtual people shooting other virtual people will take place August 2-5 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. If you start studying up for John Carmack’s annual keynote right now you should be able to understand it by then! [QuakeCon]


News

Rage Demo Now On Xbox Live; Hits PS3 Dec. 6

8:20AM November 23, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Rage, id Software’s beloved and detested blending of post-apocalyptic combat racing and first-person shooter, finally has a demo. More »


In Real Life

Snoop Dogg Explains A Waffle Maker, Talks Scented Candles

2:00AM October 26, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Rage‘s Wasteland is a mean bitch. There are essentials you are going to need to survive, like TV remote controls, dirty mags and firepower. Who better to explain that than Snoop? More »


PC

Rage Viewed From The Inside And The Underside

2:40AM October 13, 2011 | Brian Crecente

There appears to be a number of ways to drop yourself beneath the skin of Rage. This one, by hidden rebel elevator, seems the most convenient. More »


PC

Rage: The Kotaku Review

6:00AM October 12, 2011 | Brian Crecente

I doesn’t really hit me until about half way through the game. I’ve been spending so much time worrying over the trick of staying alive that I haven’t notice just how insignificant I am. More »


In Real Life

Watch A Man Shoot A Home-Made Rocket Called Quake All The Way Into Space

6:30PM October 10, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Among amateur rocket-launching circles, there’s a bounty called “The Carmack Prize“. It’s named for id boss, Doom co-creator and budding rocket scientist John Carmack, and will reward anyone who can get a home-made rocket 100,000 feet into space and capture some GPS data from it. More »


PC

Why Was The PC Launch Of Rage Such A Mess?

8:00AM October 8, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The idea from the start was a game that blurred the lines between how games looked on console and PC. id Software’s most famous games, actually all of its major games, were titles built on the computer first, then brought to consoles later. More »


PC

id: Here’s How To Tweak PC Rage, More Settings Incoming

4:40AM October 8, 2011 | Brian Crecente

The PC version of Rage will soon have a bevy of new ways for gamers to tweak the way the game behaves and looks on their system, id Software tells Kotaku. More »


In Real Life

Fathers Of The FPS Haven’t [R]aged A Day

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2:30PM October 7, 2011 | Tracey Lien

I’m sitting in the reception area, giant Smarties cookie in hand, waiting for my turn to interview the creative director of id Software, Tim Willits. The cookie is for Mr Willits, who turns 40 on the day of our interview. While I’ve come prepared with the obligatory list of questions about his new game, RAGE, there’s something else I’m curious about, but I’m not sure how to ask without seeming impolite. So when it comes time for my interview, I hand over the Smarties cookie and hope that a delicious biscuit will guide the way. More »


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All The RAGE!

RAGE, from the creators of Doom and Quake, is the next step in the evolution of the first person shooter. As the first game to utilise id Tech 5 technology, RAGE is easily one of the most technologically advanced games on the market today. More »