Ultima creator and wronged spaceman Richard 'Lord British' Garriott will join id Software's own rocketman John Carmack on a panel getting all giddy about space travel. West and Zampella, ousted co-founders of Call of Duty creator Infinity Ward and founders of Respawn Entertainment, will discuss "building blockbusters." Deus Ex lead designer Smith will join a panel titled 'Building Immersive Worlds and Stories.'

QuakeCon 2010 runs August 12-15 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas.

In addition to other sessions and panels--including John Carmack's legendary keynote address--the free celebration of fragging will also host presentations of Rage and Brink. The full panels schedule follows below.

Thursday

'The World of Design' Panel - 12.30pm in the Cortez Room

• Joel Burgess, Bethesda Game Studios
• Matt Hooper, id Software
• Neil Alphonso, Splash Damage
• Todd Alderman, Respawn Entertainment

QuakeCon Kick Off - 2:30pm in the Grand Ballroom

• Todd Hollenshead will welcome attendees to QuakeCon 2010

Keynote - 2:30pm in the Grand Ballroom

• John Carmack's Annual Keynote address to QuakeCon attendees

"Rocket Talk" - 5:30pm in the Grand Ballroom

• John Carmack and Richard Garriott share their passion for Rockets and space travel in this special QuakeCon presentation

Friday

'Building Blockbusters' Panel - 11:00am in the Grand Ballroom

• Jason West, Respawn Entertainment
• Tim Willits, id Software
• Todd Howard, Bethesda Game Studios
• Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment

'Building Immersive Worlds and Stories' Panel - 1:00pm in the Cortez Room

• Chris Rhinehart from Human Head
• Emil Pagliarulo from Bethesda Game Studios
• Harvey Smith, Arkane Studios
• Raphael Colantonio, Arkane Studios

Special RAGE Presentation - 2:00pm in the Grand Ballroom

• Tim Willits and Matt Hooper Present RAGE

'Let There Be Sound' Panel - 4:00pm in the Cortez Room

• Chris Sweetman, Splash Damage
• Christian Antkow, id Software
• Mark Lampert, Bethesda Game Studios
• Zack Quarles, id Software

'The Art of the Game' Panel - 4:00pm in the Cortez Room

• Matt Carofano, Bethesda Game Studios
• Olivier Leonardi, Splash Damage
• Stephan Martine, id Software
• Viktor Antonov, Arkane Studios

Saturday

Special Brink Presentation - 11:00am in the Grand Ballroom

• Paul Wedgwood, CEO of Splash Damage and Game Director of Brink will be on hand to share a presentation of the game with QuakeCon attendees.