Rage News

New expansion for id Software's shooter adds six areas, "Ultra-Nightmare" difficulty mode, and Extended Play option.

Trophy listings suggest id Software's 2011 first-person shooter adding new content, possibly to include "Ultra Nightmare" difficulty.

Creative director Tim Willits talks about working with next-gen consoles, learning from Rage, and why id takes so long between releases.

Naughty Dog leads the pack with 12 nominations for AIAS-organized honors, joins Portal 2, Skyrim, Batman: Arkham City, and Zelda: Skyward Sword as Game of the Year candidates.

Bethesda Softworks rep confirms redundancies at Texas developer, says future projects continue "unabated."

FIFA 12 booted from top spot after most successful Xbox 360 racing game launch in UK history; Just Dance 3 debuts in third.

It has been 19 years since id Software popularised the first-person shooter genre, but does it still have what it takes to make a good shooter?

New release slate led by id's shooter and From Software's Demon's Souls follow-up; NBA 2K12, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, and Just Dance 3 also out.

PAX 2011: Insiders including Bethesda's VP of marketing explain how companies sell to gamers from three different perspectives.

Postapocalyptic shooter will discourage used game sales by curtailing single-player content; creative director Tim Willits calls himself a "big proponent" of always-online DRM.

QuakeCon 2011: Julien Roby, Mackey McCandlish, Drew Murray, and Tim Willits talk about the past, present, and future of the first-person shooter genre.

QuakeCon 2011: Harvey Smith, Raphael Colantonio, Matt Hooper, and Marcus Smith discuss their gaming start and how their roots shape their work today.

QuakeCon 2011: id's technical guru gives QuakeCon a peek under the hood of Rage in opening-day keynote address; Doom 3 source code release coming this year.

Irrational's action adventure lands four trophies, including Best of Show; Battlefield 3, Sound Shapes, Elder Scrolls V nab two each; Bastion, Forza 4, PS Vita also honored.

Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, From Dust, Tomb Raider also lead nods from critics' panel.

Postapocalyptic first-person shooter's release date pushed back to increasingly packed October 4, will now launch against Dark Souls, Twisted Metal, and The Darkness II.

Q&A: id Software's technology chief discusses the possibilities raised by Nintendo's new console and how a sequel to the postapocalyptic shooter might be "cross-generational."

John Carmack of id says that a follow-up to the upcoming postapocalyptic action game is due after Doom 4--and might appear on both current- and next-gen consoles.