Now that’s hilarious. We all know how most FPS games got dumbed down over the course of the past few years but watching a classic fast-paced FPS, like Quake, being remade by today’s standards is funny as hell. Simple graphics options, slow-paced gameplay, pop-up menus, enormous target icon and childish boss battles are re-imagined with a sense of humor. This is what is really wrong with the game industry and we are thankful that there are still developers like Croteam. The video was spotted by Rage3D’s user, Ego. Enjoy everyone! Continue reading What if Quake was done today→
Great news for everyone as John Carmack informed us – via its Twitter account – that Doom 3’s source code is packaged and fully tested. iD Software is now waiting on the final lawyer clearance and the package will then get released. This basically means that the source code will come out in the coming days and we can’t wait to see what the modding and indie developers will come up with. Continue reading Doom 3 source code packaged, tested and releasing in the coming days→
3D artist Mark Harrington went ahead and created what could be easily mistaken with a next-generation version of Quake 3: Arena. Mark used Maya ZBrush to create Quake 3: Arena’s character – Orb – and the texturing was all polypainting. After creating the main character, Mark did the UV’s with UV Master and then GoZ’d everything into Maya for rendering. The end result is astounding, so make sure to check these screenshots after the jump. Continue reading This is what a next-generation version of Quake 3: Arena could look like→
A rumor appeared this morning, stating that Doom 4 is “indefinitely postponed” due to RAGE’s disappointing launch. Everyone was shocked and a bit depressed with how the mighty have fallen. Moreover, those who were looking forward to Doom 4 got a bit worried as there was a possibility that it would get canceled. Imagine that, a disappointing launch of a new IP destroying your reputation and your future plans. Ouch. Continue reading Bethesda reassures that Doom 4 won’t be affected by RAGE’s launch and is not “indefinitely postponed”→
Mars City Security is a Doom 3 mod that adds a CoOp mode and promises to take Doom3’s Coop experience to the next Generation and beyond. This mod is developed by Scared Pixel Studios and doesn’t have any release date as of yet. However, the team has been posting updates about its progress and they’ve just announced today the implementation of a fully multiplayer compatible time of day system for the MCS gametype “DemonWars”. Continue reading Doom3: Mars City Security Mod comes with Time-Of-Day Cycle and CoOperative Gameplay→
You’ve probably already heard of a high resolution texture pack for RAGE was rumored to get released after its official launch. This rumored texture pack was supposed to be 150GB in size and would update the game’s low-res textures with some proper, high-res ones. Well, this is not gonna happen as John Carmack admited that the source textures are almost the same as the ones that are currently used in RAGE PC. Continue reading John Carmack crashes PC gamers’ hopes for a High-Resolution Texture Pack on RAGE→
iD Software’s first patch for RAGE locked most of the console commands that a lot of PC gamers were using. As you’d expect, pretty much everyone complained to iD and it seems that a new patch will be rolled out that will actually bring back all of console commands to the PC version of RAGE. Continue reading iD Software is working hard on bringing back console commands in RAGE→
Have you ever wondered of what would happen if you could mix together Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with Doom? Well, time to find out. This following video is in fact from a real Doom mod – called Real Guns Advanced 2 – that was released for iD’s little baby a while ago and as you can see, the similarities with Modern Warfare 2 are incredible. Although the modernized weapons feel out of place and are not designed carefully, it’s kind of cool to play Doom this way, right? Enjoy! Continue reading Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 meets Doom→
Let’s be honest here, we are really put off by RAGE’s graphics quality. Even with all the tweaks to avoid the annoying texture pop-in, the game suffers from really low-quality textures. Add to that the pre-baked shadows, old-generation shaders and limited dynamic lighting and you get a game that could be easily released several years ago. In fact, iD Software’s previous game, Doom 3, looks way better than RAGE. Continue reading Doom 3 modded overshadows iD Software’s RAGE – New drooling screenshots→
