Rage unlikely to support dedicated servers
John Carmack has admitted that they are unlikely to provide support for dedicated servers in their upcoming videogame title Rage.
Modern Warfare 2 is already a high profile game which has a similar limitation.
Carmack said: “It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we [...]

Quake Live coming to Mac and Linux next week
id CEO Todd Hollenshead has revealed that they are finally ready to serve Linux and Mac OS X users with the Quack Live videogame.
This game would be launched for the users on Mac and Linux next week.
The game runs from inside a web browser with [...]

ZeniMax acquires id Software
ZeniMax has announced that they have completed the acquisition of cult videogame company id Software.
The acquisition was made through their subsidiary Bethesda Softworks.
ZeniMax clarified that all the games being developed by id Software would remain on track.
The company added: “No changes will be made in the operations of [...]

Wolfenstein 3D coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network
Videogame developers ID Software and Activision have together confirmed that they are bringing the hugely popular vintage gaming title Wolfenstein 3D to the current generation gaming consoles.
Wolfenstein 3D would be made available on both Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade and Sony Playstation Network.
The iconic game was originally [...]

Wolfenstein 3D now on Apple iPhone
Id Software has launched the mobile edition of Wolfenstein 3D videogame on the Apple App Store.
This game is playable on both Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
They are offering this game for USD 5 on the Apple App Store.
ID Software said that the game has been developed from [...]

id Software confirms QuakeCon 2009
Videogame company id Software has now confirmed QuakeCon 2009.
This event would be hosted in USA featuring a large LAN party centered around the Quake.
This tournament would see Quake Live which is the latest version of the game in this hugely popular series.
The game is browser based and would [...]

John Carmack: id working on Apple iPhone games
John Carmack has said in a statement that id Software is working on some iPhone related projects.
The company could soon launch games for this platform.
He said: “We’re probably going to be making some moves to do some iPhone development.”
He added: “We have two different projects that are at [...]

Rage on Xbox 360 could suffer due to compression technologies
id Software has revealed that their upcoming gaming title Rage would probably look worse on the Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console compared to Sony Playstation 3.
The developers said that the royalties charged by Microsoft on multi-disc games mean that they would ship the title on two [...]

EA+ID=IDEA? Id Software announces a partnership with EA
John Carmack has announced that Id Software is now partnering with videogame industry giant Electronic Arts.
Id would now join the EA Partners program which already includes Valve and Crytek.
Carmack further revealed that their upcoming title Rage will be published by Electronic Arts.
Id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead spoke [...]

ID announces Doom 4
Doom 3 was not a huge success as the gamers were disappointed with the title.
ID has now announced that they have now started work on the next version Doom 4.
The company revealed that they are now hiring for this new project.
ID CEO Todd Hollenshead added in a statement: “Doom is part of [...]