QuakeCon 2007 er i fuld gang og id Software har benyttet chancen til at annoncere deres næste projekt, Rage. Check det pr-lir der er sendt ud + traileren til spillet nedenfor. Skulle du have lyst til at vide mere om id Software’s planer, så har QuakeUnity.com smidt John Carmack’s keynote samt id’s presse konference op i både HD og streaming video format.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The creator of classic computer game “Doom,” id Software, unveiled on Friday its eagerly anticipated next game, “Rage,” in which players fight an oppressive government in a post-apocalyptic world.

The new game will be released for computers running either Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Windows or Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Macintosh operating system, as well as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp’s (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) PlayStation 3 video game consoles.

“It’s a bit of a classic story and you are the outsider who comes in and tries to turn the tide in favor of good,” id Chief Executive Todd Hollenshead said in an interview.

“Rage” is being built with all-new graphics technology designed by id co-founder John Carmack, who showed off the game at id’s annual “QuakeCon” event in Dallas, Texas.

Privately held id did not give a release date for “Rage” or the name of the publisher. Activision Inc (ATVI.O: Quote, Profile, Research), the second-biggest U.S. video game publisher, handles other id games such as “Doom 3” and the upcoming “Enemy Territories: Quake Wars.”

Since the breakaway success of “Doom” in 1993 established the “first-person shooter” as a major gaming genre, id’s games have been characterized by fast-and-furious gunplay and claustrophobic environments.

“Rage” will represent somewhat of a stylistic break by letting players roam expansive outdoor areas.

“In addition to the shooting elements and killing bad guys with cool guns — everyone knows we can do that well — we wanted to show off some stuff that would surprise people,” Hollenshead said.

The graphics technology, or engine, underpinning “Rage” is also important since id makes one of a handful of such software packages that are licensed by other game makers.

Hollenshead said the new “tech5” engine would make it easier for developers to design games that are better looking and can be easily modified to run on different gaming systems, a process that normally takes months and pushes up costs.

“It allows a single studio team to make four versions of our game without outside help,” Hollenshead said. “You can have massive outdoor environments and make them look glorious down to pixel level without any performance issues.”

22 KOMMENTARER

  1. Synes det ser lovende ud. Kan godt blive et fedt spil. Grafikken fejler hvertfald ikke noget, så må vi se om de kan få gameplayet til og være noget specielt.

  2. Ser rigtig spændende ud. Historien kunne hurtig blive lidt cheesy ud fra det koncept, men lad os håbe de rammer rigtigt.

    Det plejer de jo

  3. Damn det ser godt ud!! synes sq godt nok det er vildt at Carmark igen sætter standarten for fremtidens grafik i spil. han er sq kongen! på det område

  4. Syntes den nye trailer ser langt bedre end den de fremviste sidst. Super godt lavet ansigter og fysikken ser også god ud.

    Og ja, nyt Quake Arene… bare ærgeligt at man er så gammel efterhånden at reflekserne ikke kan følge med.

  5. #11
    Carmack snakker, i hans keynote, om at først vil de lave Quake Zero og så skal det hold der har lavet det lave et nyt Quake Arena på tech 5 engine.

    (han siger dog også at det stadig kun er en mulighed og ikke sikkert det bliver lavet.)

  6. Crysis go home… nVidia eller nogen må snart finde på en ny 3d-revolution, for når selv ikke Carmack kan præstere mere end dette, må loftet være nået.

  7. #16
    Jep, det fangede ikke og nu må der prøves noget nyt. Hva med dufte? Det var oppe at vende engang. Hvad skete der med den teknologi?
    Kunne være fedt i en omgang Quake og et barfgun-mod.

  8. sær blanding af genre, men jeg håber sgu at D3 engine kan klare mere end små lorterum, performancemessigt, i forhold til doom3