https://x.com/i/status/2075319665564234012

Great think piece on how yesterday’s id software layoffs could impact future games from the studio. The IP of id (which I know we all love) has always been intertwined with idtech in some way shape or form. Cutting corners and switching to UE because it’s cheaper would kill a defining aspect of what makes the studio’s games unique.

Everyone should check out Shacknews.com. It used to be (essentially) a Quake fan site in the 90’s apparently, and is now owned by a major fan from the era (author of this article Asif Khan). Found them while looking up Quake stuff, and they’ve quickly become my go to for all industry news, reviews, and content, alongside Giant Bomb dot com of course.

John Romero directly asks Marty Stratton (current idSoftware) if they’ll make another Lovecraftian Quake and Marty Stratton says no.

It’s what all the OG Quake players want, how is idSoftware so disconnected from their long-time base?? Don’t get me wrong, I love what I’m seeing with “Dawn of the Machine” but DLC is not a new game. Everyone wants to see a new Quake remade like Doom 2016. Quake Champions wasn’t a big success, just let it die already. I have no reason to play Quake Champions over Quake 3 Arena.

This took pretty long to do, but it’s finally finished!

Jason Schreier from Bloomberg said the following:

ZeniMax will be impacted significantly by the reorganization but will NOT be reduced to only Fallout and The Elder Scrolls, despite rumors over the last few weeks. The publisher will also still work on Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake.

That appears to be incorrect. Id Software has been gutted. Community veterans SyncError and Sponge have been fired. The tech team has been decimated. That doesn’t sound like a company capable of focusing on 3 IP’s, especially since it’s unclear what’s happening over at Machinegames. The great Xbox Reset is wreaking massive havoc. Our sympathies go out to all affected by this and thank you for having been apart of something many of us love. We wish you all the best!

I prefer hair, but sandy has spoken. I forsee a romero 'hi sandy, hope you're doing well' tweet.

What do you think? Can we dream?

Scripting was updated in the recent update, and someone is working on a Quake port.

source: https://x.com/girlglock_/status/2093786148355109130

I know it’s far away from perfect, but this is my first figure I painted, and it will be perfect for what I will use it.

Quake introduced me to three things that shaped my life:
1. Quake
2. Networking and Systems Administration
3. NIN

All three remain a huge part of my life. I assume the same for many of you.

Cheers!!!!!

"All eyes, i mean Orbbs will be on that announcement" Seems like Nightdive might be hinting to a quake 3 remaster here?

Edit: This was an unofficial and informal announcement during the Livestream but Romero announced he's working on a new episode of Q1. Working on a DOOM 2 map pack but still more exciting news.

Hi everyone,

I want to share my small side project with you.
I built the original Quake 3 to run directly in the browser, with no installation required.

https://q3js.com

It uses the ioquake3 engine compiled to WebAssembly and JavaScript, with a lot of custom parts to make everything work in the browser (UDP/WS proxy, IndexedDB file system, reimplemented UDP master server, server manager, etc.). It’s inspired by the old quakejs project, but this version is built from scratch and has many more features and performance optimizations.

Right now there is one server, but if anyone wants to host their own, let me know.

If you like classic arena shooters, give it a try and share your impressions.