The guys at Shacknews have a roundup
of this past weekend's QuakeCon. Overall, they were pretty underwhelmed, but there are some interesting tid-bits about what Id Software has been up to along with how the LAN portion of the event faired this time around.
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As an event, QuakeCon 2008 was disappointing. The vendor floor seemed littered with more plastic guitars than keyboards and mice. LAN gaming, while still carrying a certain attraction, has naturally lost some of its novelty with the advent of robust internet gaming. The sponsor and feature attraction, Carmack's id Software, had almost nothing new to announce.
A post-apocalyptic, cooperative, Teen-rated shooter? With economic systems, populated towns, and racecars? Instances and quests? Who knows what Rage will look like when it's in playable form, but it will at the very least be something new for id.
Following Rage, a big-budget Doom sequel is on the fast-track, aimed to hit within this console generation. And while another Doom at first seems a no-brain, predictable project, it instead is shaping up to be a significant change to the company's typical development process.
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Rage seems, well kinda not something they are known for, but who knows, it might be good. Doom 4 is really what I'm hoping to see out of the Texas offices of Id soon, and it seems like they know where Doom 3 went wrong... and that's a good thing.
