QUAKE https://gamecrastinate.com PC Gaming News and Reviews Thu, 09 May 2019 15:32:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://gamecrastinate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-gamecrastinateIcon-32x32.png QUAKE https://gamecrastinate.com 32 32 John Carmack officially leaves id https://gamecrastinate.com/gaming-news/john-carmack-officially-leaves-id Fri, 22 Nov 2013 09:03:16 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/john-carmack-officially-leaves-id-gamecrastinate/ In no uncertain terms we owe just about everything about PC gaming to this guy. John Carmack and id completely changed video games with Doom and then did it again with Quake. If it wasn’t for Carmack’s early support of 3d processor technology in the Quake engine we probably would never have seen the rapid […]

The post John Carmack officially leaves id first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> In no uncertain terms we owe just about everything about PC gaming to this guy. John Carmack and id completely changed video games with Doom and then did it again with Quake. If it wasn’t for Carmack’s early support of 3d processor technology in the Quake engine we probably would never have seen the rapid adoption of 3d processors that happened in the early to mid 1990s.

Say what you will about id’s games since Quake 3 Arena, but in the 90’s id ruled the roost in the FPS genre. Just a few days ago we celebrated the 15th anniversary of Half-Life’s release date. If it wasn’t for the technical success of Carmack’s Quake engine and the netcode he used to revolutionize early internet gaming we’d likely have played a much different version of Half-Life and it’s doubtful that the video game industry as a whole would be the way it is today.

We owe it all to John Carmack. Hopefully in 15 years we’ll be discussing how he revolutionized video games again with the Oculus Rift.

Thanks for all the fun John.

The post John Carmack officially leaves id first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> Quake Live to Transition to Standalone by 2014 https://gamecrastinate.com/gaming-news/quake-live-transition-standalone-2014 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 09:05:40 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/quake-live-to-transition-to-standalone-by-2014-gamecrastinate/ id Software announced today plans to transition the Quake Live browser based game to an entirely standalone client no longer tied to browsers. The decision comes amid changes to the Chrome and Firefox core design and do away with plugin support. The good news for players for the classic game is the changeover will be […]

The post Quake Live to Transition to Standalone by 2014 first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> id Software announced today plans to transition the Quake Live browser based game to an entirely standalone client no longer tied to browsers.

The decision comes amid changes to the Chrome and Firefox core design and do away with plugin support. The good news for players for the classic game is the changeover will be very minor and barely noticed.

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