id Software unveils Rage
id Software has just unveiled its next major game called Rage at QuakeCon and announced that it is building a second development team. This group has already begun by working on an experimental browser-based version of the id’s popular Quake 3 Arena called Quake Zero, which will be funded by advertising. Who would’ve thought that id would be one of the first devs to tap into the advergaming market, it will be interesting to see if this takes off as a viable model.
“We’re eventually going to grow this to the point where we’ll have a second team of 20 to 30 people,” John Carmack said during his keynote address. The eventual ambition will be for the team to develop a fuller, id Tech 5-based version of Quake Arena.
Carmack admitted Quake Zero was experimental. “It may work, it may not,” he told the audience. “[But] I think there’s at least the possibility that we could see millions of people play this.” Earlier id announced that its back catalogue is now available through Valve’s digital distribution system, Steam.
source: id unveils Rage, announces second dev team
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