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John Carmack Builds Another Spaceship, Could Win $1 Million

1:40PM Luke Plunkett | Armadillo Aerospace—the company founded and owned by id boss and Doom co-creator John Carmack—has a good chance of winning itself $US1,000,000 after taking out NASA’s lunar lander challenge. More »
Hands On

Rage Will Be Stuffed With 12s

3:40AM Stephen Totilo | There will be 12s in Rage, I was told recently. This was mentioned by an id Software developer as I tried to gather facts about id Software’s next game. 12s? Oh, yes. 12s. More »
Media

Rage Screenshots: Ugly Men, Blue Skies

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | What would a major gaming show be without new screenshots from a major game by a major developer? Nothing, that’s what. Nothing. More »
News

id: No More Monster Closets, Promise!

10:20PM Luke Plunkett | If you remember Doom 3, you’ll remember that the amazing visuals and creepy setting were ruined by two things: too much darkness, and those stupid “monster closets”. Looks like id have learned their lesson on the latter. More »
Culture

Carmack: Quake Live Needs User-Paid Component

10:30AM Stephen Totilo | Programmer extraordinaire John Carmack threw cold water earlier this week on the idea that id’s popular free shooter can survive without charging some users something. More »
News

Quakecon Has A Schedule This Week, And So Do We

6:00AM Stephen Totilo | Rage showcase? Check. Non-alcoholic drinking contest? Confirmed. Bethesda crashing the party? Uh-huh. This site finally showing up at a Quakecon? Yep. It’s all set for later this week. More »
Media

Nothing Enhances Nazi Fighting Like A Little Zeppelin

1:00AM Mike Fahey
While its August 18th release date is set in stone, some of Wolfenstein’s gameplay remains up in the air. More »
Media

New Rage Screenshots Are Postcards From The Apocalypse

2:30PM Luke Plunkett | The SIGGRAPH 2009 conference is currently going down in New Orleans, where professionals from all over the creative industries are meeting up to talk computer graphics. id, creators of Doom, Quake and now Rage, are among the companies giving presentations. More »
Media

Castle Wolfenstein Has Come A Long Way

7:20AM Mike Fahey
Okay, so it might not be THE Castle Wolfenstein, but it’s a castle in Activision’s upcoming Wolfenstein game, so we’re running with it. More »
News

PS3 Version Of Rage Has Some Catching Up To Do

2:00PM Luke Plunkett | What’s this? A predominantly PC-oriented developer (in this instance id) having trouble getting a game (in this instance Rage) running well on the PS3? You do. Not. Say. More »