Mesquite, TX – May 7, 2008 – id Software announced today that production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. id Software is expanding its internal team and is currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title.

“DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth,” said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. “It’s critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles.”

The DOOM franchise is one of the most recognizable and important in gaming history, having been named “one of the ten most influential games of the decade” by PC Gamer and “the #1 game of all time” by GameSpy. DOOM 4 will join the award-winning series which has consistently topped sales charts throughout the world.

id Software is looking for talented, ambitious and passionate individuals eager to join its accomplished team of developers working on the industry’s most innovative and anticipated games. For a complete listing of available positions, visit www.idsoftware.com. Resumes can be submitted via email to jobs@idsoftware.com. All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Last night's QuakeCon 2008 registration was really a sad spectacle. QuakeCon's server sponsor really did not have their eyes on the ball when it came to server reliability. They were very ill prepared to handle the barrage of requests that they knew were coming. It took me over an hour to reach the QuakeCon site to register for the BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) spot. I always like to register for one, even though it seems every year there is less and less time to get some gaming time in at QuakeCon.

The annoyance of registering for a BYOC spot aside, the QuakeUnity.com staff has been preparing for our expanded QuakeCon coverage for some time now. Except to hear more details in the coming weeks.

MESQUITE, Texas – April 22, 2008 – As temperatures begin to rise it’s time to start planning the ultimate summer vacation to THE must-attend gaming event of the year - QuakeCon 2008. That’s right! The world’s greatest gaming festival and party will take place July 31 – August 3, 2008 in Dallas, TX at the Hilton Anatole Hotel. As always, this event is FREE to all attendees thanks to the support of the QuakeCon volunteer staff, id Software, the event sponsors and exhibitors.

QuakeCon will once again host North America’s largest BYOC (Bring-Your-Own-Computer) LAN party, as well as an expanded exhibit area with nearly 60 companies demonstrating their latest products. Of course, it wouldn’t be QuakeCon without highly competitive tournaments for serious cash and bragging rights, parties, contests, entertainment and announcements.

Registration for the BYOC area will kick off at 9 p.m. ET on April 30, 2008 at www.quakecon.org.

Greetings, I have been working on two OpenArena leagues for the community to enjoy. The current set up is for a dueling (1v1) tournament named OADL, and a CTF tournament named OACTFL. The site can be found at League.tastyspleen.net . Click on the OADL or OACTFL link on the left and sign up. Sign-ups end April 26, 2008.

EscapedTurkey has offered to run servers, which are located in Texas, USA, for the tournaments. These matches will be covered by a dedicated shoutcaster (commentator) named Jehar who has been doing a great job with the Quake2 Leagues I've done. All shoutcast jobs will also be available for download.

The Duel League will run a series of 'round-robin's. What this is: I will set up multiple divisions to house all the players who sign up. The number of divisions will depend on how many players actually sign up. You will play each person in your division once and you will be awarded points for your wins. After each person has played everyone in each division, the top players from each divison will advance to the play-offs where the Winner and #2/#3 spot will be determined. The players limit is set to 24 people.

The OACTFL will run a similar set up including the round robin. Matches are played 4v4, and best 2 out of 3.

EscapedTurkey has also offered prizes for the winners of the tournaments - a complete server hosting package worth $420 US. Details:

» One full year of free server hosting - 32 slots. «
You can choose from any of the games hosted by EscapedTurkey.com A list of these games can be found at EscapedTurkey.com homepage

» One full year of free TeamSpeak server hosting - 32 slots. «
You can download the TeamSpeak client from GoTeamSpeak.com

» One full year of file redirect hosting. «
5 gigabytes of space, umetered bandwidth. Details of what this is can be found here.

The fourth annual Tastyspleen 500 will be kicking off this weekend.

Break out your Quake II skills and participate in this massive endurance fragfest with an astounding fraglimit of 500. The map to be played is community voted, and is currently still open. Although, by the current votes, city64 looks like it is going to be the choice.

There will be commentary available on Tastyspleen TastyCast
You can plug this address into any mp3 program (winamp for example) and listen on as Jehar does the play-by-play. These events usually have a good attendance and it will last around an hour. The Quake II server this will be on is 74.54.186.226:27999 .

Map voting and more information can be found at the Tastyspleen Forums

RailWolf, our Quake2 community liaison has written up a preview of Quake2World, a free, standalone game engine built on Quake2 technology.

Several of the maps you'll find that come with the game are Quake1 and Quake2 remakes, but they have been pushing out some custom maps for it as well at a nice rate. One nice feature of it's map ability, is that it supports legacy Quake2 maps, so you can easily just plug in your favorite custom maps from Quake2 and they'll work on Quake2World.

I've spent the past few days designing a new layout for all the video download pages here on the site. Along with the new layout, there is a related video list and an easier way to preview the video's images through the use of an image carousel. If anyone finds any errors or has any suggestions, please let me know.

Time has come, when you can sign up for the NO HUNTING Quake3 tourney. Because this DUEL touranment is connected to Quake Nations Cup, every nation could sign up only 2 best players available in your country.

Please e-mail this address to signup: CzechQuake@gmail.com. This first event of NO HUNTING will be played in q3cz Quake 3.
Maps: ztn3tourney1, pro-q3dm6, hub3aeroq3, pro-q3tourney4, pro-nodm9
Game: CPMA/OSP 1.45

Players will be put into Single Elimination Brackets and all matches will be BO5. The tournament will will start on Sunday March 2nd at 14:00 GMT. Finals of Single Eliminations will take place on Monday March 3rd and we will bring you those matches live on PG24 Television. You can check out previous video coverage here.

After finals of single elimination, the winner will face Cypher, winner of The Duck Hunt and loser Krysa, second finalist of The Duck Hunt. These two matches will decide final order of best players and quality of metal sign used. Long Story Shorter

Just for your motivation, you can find signatures of id mom, John Carmack, Tim Willits, Kenneth Scott, Mal Blackwell, Andrew Welch, Marty Stratton and more on one of most wackiest trophy around the globe!

SyncError, id Software's community relations manager, has announced that the Quake Live Beta Program is now accepting requests to participate in future beta tests.

You just have to enter your email address on the site to sign-up for the QUAKE LIVE Beta Program. Beta testers are given early access to the QUAKE LIVE website and game, and will help us test all of the game's features and functionality while offering feedback and suggestions. Simply enter your email address below to apply, but please note that entering does not guarantee participation in the beta program.

Over at Kotaku, they have posted a full press release and two in-game Quake Live images. You can read the full press release here and check out the images below. I'm assuming these images are authentic, but I will try to officially confirm them.

Created by id Software as an all-new way to deliver the excitement and energy of first-person multiplayer action to a broader audience than ever before, QUAKE LIVE offers game players of all skill levels a totally free and easily accessible multiplayer gaming experience and community through a single website at quakelive.com. Every element of the experience, including friends lists and communication, sponsored events and tournaments, matchmaking, stats tracking, and even the game itself is accessed and delivered free of charge through the web browser. Integrated with IGA's proprietary SDK, QUAKE LIVE will offer companies and agencies fresh opportunities to dynamically-target brands to audiences within a broadly accessible version of one of the world's premiere game franchises, while also offering gamers a totally free premium game, fun events and a vibrant, active community of other players.