Tagged ‘ID software’

id goes iPhone mad: more Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake on way

July 2, 2009 2:00 pm by Simon Munk

Categories: Gaming Tags: Apple, Apple iPhone 3GS, Doom, ID software, iPhone 3Gs, john carmack, quake, Rage, Wolfenstein

The Apple iPhone is to receive a slew of id Software-related games soon, including Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein and even Rage titles, id’s John Carmack has confirmed.

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Lunchtime Lowdown: iPhone 3GS faster than promised, why we love the HTC Hero and the Game Critics E3 awards

June 25, 2009 12:30 pm by Renato Sormani

Categories: Gadgets, Mobile Phones Tags: 3Gs, Apple, Bethesda, E3, E3 09, Facebook, hero, HTC, htc hero, ID software, iPhone, Twitter

Can you smell that gadget fiends? That’s the smell of your gadget lunch being served up to you on a platter, right here in the Lunchtime Lowdown…

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Bethesda buys id Software, creators of Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein

June 25, 2009 10:13 am by Simon Munk

Categories: Gaming Tags: Bethesda Softworks, Doom, Elder Scrolls, Fallout 3, ID software, john carmack, Oblivion, quake, Rage, Wolfenstein, ZeniMax Media

id Software, the legendary videogames developer behind games including Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake, has been bought by ZeniMax Media, parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Bethesda is responsible for recent games including Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and upcoming titles including WET, Brink and Rogue Warrior, all unveiled at E3 2009.

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Doom Resurrection for Apple iPhone coming next week

June 11, 2009 12:00 pm by Simon Munk

Categories: Gaming, Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, Doom, Doom Classic, Doom Resurrection, first-person shooters, ID software, iPhone, iphone 3g s, iPhone 3Gs, iPod Touch, john carmack

Doom Resurrection, a new game in the legendary Mars/Hell-set first-person shooter series, is coming to Apple iPhones next week. The game uses “downsampled” art from the PC and console hit Doom III, but is an entirely new game, with new plot unfolding across eight new levels with around five hours of gameplay. It has already been described as “one of the true next-generation games on the iPhone.”

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Wolfenstein 3D Classic lands on iPhone

March 26, 2009 2:00 pm by Greg Strachan

Categories: Gaming, Mobile Phones Tags: apps, ID software, iPhone, iPod Touch, iTunes, Wolf 3D, Wolfenstein

Aptly named Wolfenstein 3D Classic has just taken up residence on the iTunes Store, available to download for iPhone and iPod Touch. The App costs a mere £2.99 and sports a whole new control interface designed to suit the multi-touch interface. Although all you actually need is forwards, back, left right and shoot.

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Quake Live beta opens today

February 24, 2009 10:00 am by Greg Strachan

Categories: Gaming Tags: beta, browser, ID software, online, PC, quake, quake live, Web

Quake Live is opening its doors to all for the next phase of its beta testing, starting today. Quake Live is a specially adapted version of the legendary multiplayer game Quake 3: Arena, streamlined to make it playable in a web browser window, even on a low-end PC. It’s free too, so anyone can play – even while you’re at work… at least until five seconds after your network admin finds out.

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