Recent News for QUAKE

• John Romero details plans for "MMO-ish" PC shooter - 5^th April 2012
  John Romero, the veteran developer and id Software founder who helped create FPS touchstones like Quake, Doom and Wolfenstein, is planning a return to the genre in which he made his name. Romero, who's currently CEO of social game studio Loot Drop, Inc., told Eurogamer that although he hasn't formally started work on the project he has the design nailed down. "Yes, I'm definitely going to be makin...
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• Prince of Persia creator unearths fan letter from teenage John Romero - 1^st March 2012
  Here's one for the history books. Jordan Mechner, the veteran game designer responsible for Prince of Persia, has dug up a fan letter he received nearly 30 years ago from a 17-year-old called John Romero - the very same guy who'd go on to create FPS touchstones Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake at id Software. Dated 25th March 1985, the letter, published in full on Kotaku, sees Romero praising 21-year-o...
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• Hey Quake Fans, Here's What an Actual Railgun Looks Like - 29^th February 2012
  Say the word "railgun" around a PC gamer and they'll instantly start telling you stories about the Quake series, and how it's such an awesome weapon in a make-believe future universe. They're right on the former, but on the latter, not so much, because railguns are real, and the US Navy has one. Here it is undergoing testing. The project, which is being overseen by the Office of Naval Research, ha...
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• Arrested Megaupload Boss Cheated His Way To Video Game Glory, Opponents Say - 23^rd January 2012
  Kim Dotcom, the imprisoned mastermind behind busted file-sharing site Megaupload and, bizarrely, also the top-scoring killer on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, wasn't always a showboating millionaire. He also ran a competitive video game league in the late-90s. And was by all accounts a rather sore loser. How sore? Like, banning from his league everyone who beat him at a game of first-person shoot...
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• Arrested Megaupload Boss Threw Gaming Temper Tantrums? - 23^rd January 2012
  Kim Dotcom, the imprisoned mastermind behind busted file-sharing site Megaupload and, bizarrely, also the top-scoring killer on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, wasn't always a showboating millionaire. He also ran a competitive video game league in the late-90s. And was by all accounts a rather sore loser. How sore? Like, banning from his league everyone who beat him at a game of first-person shoot...
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