Category Archives: QuakeCon 2012

Steam has updated its QuakeCon sale and today you can get both Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition and Fallout 3 GOTY Edition for 66% off each. That’s $10.19 and $6.79, respectively. The deal will last for 24 hours. Yesterday’s deal was 50% off of RAGE, and don’t forget about the QuakeCon Bundle.

Steam’s QuakeCon sale is going on this weekend, and yesterday’s deal, 50% off of RAGE, will be replaced by something else soon. Best go pick it up for $9.99 while you can.

For those who missed out on John Carmack’s QuakeCon keynote, which lasted around the three and a half mark, you can do so below. Thanks, Talkar.

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The Oculus Rift virtual reality headset has surpassed its $250,000 goal with 4,581 backers pledging $1,121,315 and it still has 28 days to go.

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One (possibly) final blip from Quakecon 2012 today: if you pre-order upcoming stealth-’em-up Dishonored on Steam before August 5, you’ll net a free copy of Arkane’s 2002 effort, Arx Fatalis. Unfortunately, Dishonored is yet to be rated in Australia so Steam preorders aren’t open here; but for the rest of you, whack some cash on the table. Dishonored hits PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in October.

A small mystery: G4 has posted a gallery of Dishonored screenshots, allegedly from Quakecon, but nobody else has been so blessed. Most enigmatically, the URL on the gallery has changed twice, with the current result that the article hosts a broken link, suggesting a wee embargo might have been broken and hastily papered over. Here’s the working link, and we’ve ruthlessly mirrored them below the break in case it vanishes altogether. Higher-res versions when we have them.

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During Quake con, which runs until August 5 on US time, you can grab any of of id Mobile’s games for 99 cents from the App Store. The full catalogue is: RAGE, RAGE HD, DOOM Classic, DOOM Resurrection, DOOM II RPG and Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum. These may be the last mobile games you see from id in some time; the mobile team has been absorbed by DOOM 4′s development.

John Carmack’s annual Quakecon keynote apologised for the past but had an eye on the future, with a few snippets of DOOM 4 info.

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During QuakeCon 2012, id Software provided a look at the Lost Mission from DOOM 3 BFG Edition, which is comprised of “eight never-before-seen levels.” DOOM 3 BFG Edition hits the US October 16 and Europe October 19. It containes re-mastered versions of both DOOM 3, the Resurrection of Evil add-on pack and the aforementioned Lost Mission. It also contains the original DOOM and DOOM II. It will run you $29.99 on PC and $39.99 on PS3 and Xbox 360. Watch the video below.

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Bethesda has announced at QuakeCon 2012, Dawnguard is now available for download on Steam for $19.99. The DLC isn’t out on PS3 yet as the firm isn’t “satisfied yet with Dawnguard’s performance on the PS3.”

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Apogee Software confirmed during a QuakeCon panel today a remake of Rise of the Triad is in the works from Duke Nukem 3D: Reloaded developer Interceptor Entertainment.

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To celebrate QuakeCon, for today only, you can get 50% off on Skyrim and 66% off previous Elder Scrolls titles. But there’s other deals in the works each day through August 6, and there’s also the $99.99 QuakeCon bundle.

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Bethesda has released the full panel schedule for QuakeCon 2012. Get it below.

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Bethesda has announced some of the panels for QuakeCon 2012, as well as the news that Dishonored will be playable at the event.

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Bethesda has announced the tournament line-up for QuakeCon 2012.

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Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display (HMD) designed by Palmer Luckey and backed by John Carmack, will see its Kickstarter appeal begin around July 19, according to the designer.

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Bethesda’s announced it’ll open up online pre-registration for this year’s Quakecon in Texas tomorrow.

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QuakeCon 2012 has been dated for August 2 – 5, and will once again take place at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The event will, as usual, be hosting North America’s largest LAN party, and hands-on time with titles from Bethesda, id Software and other developers under the Zenimax umbrella. Various manufacturers will also be displaying the latest and greatest in hardware and software at the venue. Those planning to attend, can ring up the Hilton, mention QuakeCon and get a special room rate of $154 a night for the conference. More information is available through here.