News

RAGE Has Been A Long, Long Time Coming

It’s not every day you get to play a new id game. If you’re not counting iPhone games (and we’re not counting iPhone games) or re-releases, the last new title the studio released was Doom 3. And that was in 2004.


August 11, 2011
PC

Todd Hollenshead Explains Why Quake Live Isn’t A Success Yet

Quake Live is a browser based free-to-play version of the classic FPS Quake III Arena that has been out of beta for a year. In a recent interview with VG24/7 id CEO Todd Hollenshead discussed what hasn’t gone right.


August 6, 2011
PC

Live From QuakeCon, A Rage Playthrough Liveblog

Hello, eerbody! I’m in Dallas, Texas, at QuakeCon, about to have my first play time with id Software’s new marquee title, Rage. I hope to write up impressions later, but I thought you might enjoy seeing my notes live as I play.


August 5, 2011
Mobile

Rage HD Will Go Free If You Like Rage Enough

Bethesda said today that once the RAGE Facebook page reaches 100,000 “Likes”, RAGE HD for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch will be available for free for one week. Like them on Facebook.


PC

Steam Honours Quakecon With Weekend Sale

Starting today, Steam is celebrating id and Bethesda’s Quakecon with deals on their games. Sales will change daily from now until August 8. Today’s deals include discounted games, free-to-play Brink, and in-game specials for TF2.


August 3, 2011
In Real Life

The Sweeping Video Game Art Of Nicolas Bouvier

Frenchman Nicolas Bouvier has been drawing pretty pictures for the video game industry since 1996, in a career that’s taken him from Darkworks (Cold Fear) to Ubisoft to id Software and now to Microsoft, where he’s working on the upcoming Halo 4.


July 22, 2011
PC

The Wasteland Of Rage Is A Buffet Plate Of First-Person Action

The folks over at Id have released their fourth Rage developer video and this time the focus is on the wasteland. Take a look at how Id plans on using the open world to facilitate gameplay, with a few food metaphors thrown in for good measure.


June 23, 2011
News

Rage Out In Comics Today

Dark Horse Comics’ Rage three-part miniseries kicks off today with issue one in stores now. Read up on the series here.


June 11, 2011
PC

RAGE’s Release Pushed Back To October

id’s upcoming RAGE has suffered a slight delay, being pushed back a few weeks from its original release date in September to one in October.


June 9, 2011
PC

RAGE’s Desolate Future Doesn’t Look Like It’s Worth Fighting For

There are two types of people in these E3 screenshots for id’s upcoming RAGE. There are heavily-armed future soldiers, and there is Sloth from The Goonies with a spare tyre strapped to his back.