id software News

Doom 3 engine goes open-source

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 23, 2011 6:30am PST

id Software has now released the engine source code for Doom 3 under a GPL3 license, letting all and sundry get their hands dirty and bend it to their will. Let the coding commence!

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Rage demo on Xbox 360 now, PS3 on December 6

By Andrew Yoon, Nov 22, 2011 7:15am PST

Have you forgotten about id's latest shooter, Rage? If you haven't given it a chance yet, you'll be able to sample some mega-texture fun with a free downloadable demo on Xbox Live.

"Those are some great examples of the benefits textures gain from the Mega Texture technology. "

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Doom 3 open-sourcing held up while Carmack writes new code

By Alice O'Connor, Nov 17, 2011 6:30am PST

Chief id Software technomancer John Carmack is now writing new Doom 3 code to dodge legal issues surrounding the rendering technique which gave Doom 3 its lovely shadows, so the engine can be open-sourced.

"That is what I would like to know, I put the game on hold when it was anounced thinking the ..."

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Rage PC patch to improve 'blurry' textures

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 17, 2011 6:15am PDT

Rage's "blurry" textures got you down? Fret no more, for id Software's techno-wizard John Carmack says that a new option in the next PC patch "will help alleviate" the problem.

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Rage: PC performance not perfect, but greatly improved

By Jeff Mattas, Oct 11, 2011 3:00pm PDT

We take a second look at Rage--this time on the PC--to see if the video driver issues that plagued the game's release for many people have been addressed.

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Rage PC patch released; launch problems 'out of our control'

By Alice O'Connor, Oct 10, 2011 8:00am PDT

A patch for Rage on PC was issued over the weekend, fixing up a few bugs and adding new options. id's John Carmack has also spoken on the driver issues that saw "half of our PC customers" get "a product that basically didn't work."

"I wonder if graphics drivers should work the way the MS VC++ redistributable libraries do. It ..."

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Rage video review

By Shack Staff, Oct 05, 2011 2:00pm PDT

By now you've already ready the Rage review from Shacknews staff writer Jeff Mattas. Today, we present our first video review, featuring some additional thoughts from Mattas on id Software's latest game.

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Rage PC players report bugs

By Steve Watts, Oct 04, 2011 10:45am PDT

Rage on the PC is suffering from early bugs, including texture problems, frame rate issues, audio stuttering, and outright crashes.

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Rage review

By Jeff Mattas, Oct 04, 2011 9:15am PDT

Review

With an impressive pedigree of games like Doom and Quake, developer id has quite the reputation. Does Rage hold up?

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Rage is three discs on Xbox 360, requires 8GB install on PS3

By Andrew Yoon, Sep 26, 2011 7:00am PDT

The PS3 version of Rage will demand quite a bit of hard drive space: 8GB worth, in fact. Xbox 360 owners are also being asked to install the game, three discs worth.

"If your on their higher speed plans.. 50 Mbps plan has 400 GB cap and 3 Mb up, 100 Mbps plan has ..."

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