Quakecon 2019: The Year of Doom
Bethesda hosted the annual id Software gaming extravaganza, Quakecon, this year at the Gaylord Texan hotel, running from Thursday July 25 through Sunday July 28. Unique to this year was the…
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A quarter century tour; a Space Marine’s job is never done
Hackaday takes a look back at one of the most iconic and influential games created, the original DOOM. The 25 year old story encompasses a lot of the history of the…
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Vulkan Renderer for Doom 3 BFG Source Code Published
Over the last few days, Dustin Land of id Software has been publishing commits to his vkDOOM3 GitHub repository. This project, as the name suggests, adds a Vulkan-based renderer to the…
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Report: Wolfenstein 2 Optimized for AMD Vega with FP16 Shader Support
According to a report from Golem.de (German language), with the upcoming Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus game AMD Vega owners will have the advantage of FP16 shader support from a new...
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The next generation of id tech might make Ryzen shine
Over at HEXUS you can sit back and watch a video of Robert Duffy from id Software discuss the potential of AMD's Ryzen processors in the next generation of game engines, with…
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/Noclip Publishes Documentary on DOOM
Danny O’Dwier and his company, Noclip, publishes behind-the-scenes documentaries of entities in the video game industry. Their first handful of videos, published piece-by-piece over a few weeks in October and November, were…
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QuakeCon 2015 Registration Dates Announced
Courtesy of ZeniMax Media The yearly gaming mecca known as QuakeCon, featuring the biggest BYOC (bring your own computer) LAN in the great state of Texas, is set to kick-off starting July…
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Oculus VR becomes John Carmack’s top priority
He will remain a contributing coder for Armadillo Aerospace and he will not be leaving Id Software but John Carmack will now be spending most of his time as the CTO of…
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Quakecon 2012: Day 1 Coverage
Yesterday marked the official start of Quakecon 2012 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. This four-day event includes PC gaming awesomeness for more than 2,800…
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Quakecon 2011: Day 3 Coverage
The third and final day drew thousands of gamers and curious people to Quakecon's exhibition hall and Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) area. Some gamers were pretty weary from…
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Quakecon 2011: Day 2 Coverage
To commemorate 20 years in the gaming industry, several senior members of id Software came together for a “20 Years of id Software” panel…
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Quakecon 2011: Day 1 Coverage
id Software executives Todd Hollenshead, Paul Steed, and John Carmack provided the opening remarks to kick off the start of this year's Quakecon 2011 today at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas,…
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