Above is a video showcasing just a snippet of all of the volunteer effort and time that has been put into the upcoming QuakeCon 2010 event in my hometown Dallas, Texas. The crews work forklifts, run thousands of CAT5 lines, crimp them, terminate them, and then test them all for the sake of gaming. Needless to say, it’s taken quite a bit of manpower. Check out the video to see just a small view of how much each one of those BYOC stations need to get online.
Loot Ninja will be on the scene all day Friday and Saturday of this week attending QuakeCon 2010, getting hands-on with Fallout: New Vegas, Brink, and Hunted: Demon’s Forge behind the scenes. We’ll also be sitting in on the “Making Blockbusters” panel with Jason West and Vince Zampella from Respawn Entertainment (former heads of Infinity Ward). We’re getting the chance to ask pertinent questions and get interviews with developers and engineers about these awesome games. Trouble is, we want to throw in a few questions from our very loyal readership. We want to know what things are important to you guys? Submit your questions about any one of those games I mentioned above in the comments section. If you feel so inclined also include some questions about Doom 4 (there might be an announcement on Thursday).
There is no such thing as a retarded question, just don’t get pissed off if we give you a retarded answer in return. HA! Ask away Loot Ninja gamers.
This is what the Hilton Anatole conference center in Dallas, TX looks like at the moment. Right now it doesn’t look like much, but very soon (starting Thursday) thousands of gamers will flock to fill those seats for the BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) gaming competition for QuakeCon 2010. Loot Ninja will be on the scene both Friday and Saturday to take on the event this year, giving you all of the coverage on id Software and Bethesda’s upcoming games. Games like Fallout: New Vegas, Brink, Rage, and Hunted: Demon’s Forge. If you can’t find a game in there you are excited about, you aren’t a gamer. Oh, and I also hate you.
Anyway, we’re getting hands-on with ALL of those games (besides Rage) behind closed doors on media-only builds and we want to know what questions our Loot Ninja readers would like to know about any of these upcoming titles. Keep in mind that there is also the possibility of seeing Doom 4 announced so throw in some Doom questions as well.
Be sure to leave your questions in the comments section. I will take note of as many as I can fit in and relay them to the people you want to talk to but are stuck behind a computer all day reading our site. We’ll bring you those answers and I’ll even play snippets of the interview on Twisted Gamer Radio. Stay tuned as we continue to cover QuakeCon 2010!
One of the only games I didn’t get to check out at E3 2010 was Rage. Matt got to sit in on the visual demo while I got to get hands-on with Fallout: New Vegas, Brink, and Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. Yeah, I got the better end of the deal. But I still feel bad for missing out on the new wasteland epic from Id Software. Word is, it might be playable at QuakeCon 2010.
We’re bringing a new segment to our podcast Twisted Gamer Radio, and figured: Why not share with our bottom feeder non-listener types? Well don’t worry, we still love you guys who don’t listen, but we’ll constantly look at you funny, give you the stink eye, talk about you behind your back, and have sex with your sister (if you have one). If you don’t have a sister it will be your mom. Anyway, here’s what all went on in this week in video game history.
ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda and recently is Software, has secured the publishing rights for John Carmack’s upcoming title RAGE. EA got the shaft.
No word on how this will affect the game’s development or release schedule, but my guess it there will be zero impact. Bethesda Softworks will be the game’s new publisher.
When the id buyout was announced, we all had a feeling something like this would happen, so it was only a matter of time. There’s no point in ZemiMax paying EA to publish the game when they could do it internally and horde all the profits themselves.
Gaming for Mac users is getting better and better. Sure, we’re red headed step children in the gaming world, but at least we’re getting recognized. On Tuesday, things will get even better as Quake Live will be available for both Mac and Linux.
The announcement was made by id President Todd Hollenshead during the QuakeCon 2009 press conference and attendees will be able to play the new versions on the show floor. The rest of us will just have to wait a few days for the change to play the browser-based shooter. Free online gaming FTW.
Just imagine the sweaty threesome of Doom, Fallout, and MotorStorm getting all touchy-feely. Yeah, Doom, touch MotorStorm right there. Oooh yeah. Wait, think about baseball. Think about baseball. Now that I’ve got that stuck in your head for the rest of the day, let’s think about the love-child that spawned from the concepts of these three games. Crazed mutants running around a devastated wasteland where you can race dune buggies. Where do I sign up?
We first saw Rage a while back and didn’t know exactly what to think. Now, the game is looking awesome. Feast your eyes on the trailer that id and EA dropped at QuakeCon and get ready for the weekend.
At roughly the same time this morning, Bethesda and EA dropped some big announcements. Zenimax (the parent company of Betheda) revealed that they’d purchased id Software. EA unveiled their new RPG/MMO studio group, made up of Mythic and BioWare. Didn’t see either of those coming.
So what does this mean for you? Overall, better games. Bethesda makes some kick ass RPG’s and id makes some kick ass shooters. Put them together sharing resources and you can bet the next Fallout and Doom games will be better off. The same goes for new RPG’s coming out of the new conglomerate of Mythic and BioWare. Could we see an MMO in the Mass Effect world?
While the effects of these mergers and acquisitions won’t have immediate effects on what games you’ll be playing, the long term fallout (no pun intended) will make better experiences for you, which is what these companies are striving to achieve.
John Carmack, being the genius that he is, decided to port Wolfenstein 3D to the iPhone. With Wolfenstein being one of the godfather’s of the FPS genre, I’d say it was a good move. If you haven’t played Wolfenstein at this point, you need to have your gamer card revoked. Being $4.99 on the iPhone now, there’s no excuse to not play this game.
We just got a press release from Activision letting us know that Quake Wars: Enemy Territory for the PC has gone gold. Giddy up. The console versions are still in development.
The ultimate online team and objective-based multiplayer experience is locked and loaded! id Software™ and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars™ for Windows® PC has gone gold and will be available in retail outlets in Europe and Australia on September 28, 2007 and on North American store shelves beginning October 2, 2007. Developed by Splash Damage, the prequel to the futuristic wars in the QUAKE II storyline pits the armies of Earth’s Global Defense Force (GDF) against the invading alien Strogg in the multiplayer action shooter that transports players to the front lines in the battle for Earth.
Get ready for some awesome multiplayer Quake Wars on PC in October.
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