The creators of Doom and Quake are back. Is the trip to the wasteland worth it?
Quake MMO a Long Shot
Aug. 11, 2008 Leave a Comment
The push for Massively Multiplayer Online video games in the past few years has been a strong one. It’s no surprise then, that a few publishers have tried to get the first-person shooter classic Quake to take the plunge. In a recent interview with shacknews.com John Carmack, President of id Software and lead designer behind [...]
E3 2008: id Software partnering with EA
July 14, 2008 Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES — In a landmark team-up, Electronic Arts will welcome the creator of the first person shooter, id Software, as its newest partner. “It really is a good match for an indie studio like id, because it gives us access to their world-wide marketing muscle,” said id’s John Carmack during the Electronic Arts E3 [...]
The Old Shoebox: Heretic shareware
March 3, 2008 Leave a Comment
Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everything else in those days, by GT Interactive in 1994. Heretic introduced ambient noise — evil laughter and such — that was random, [...]



