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“It was definitely a conscious decision for id to move away from that dark corridor setting. We didn’t want to follow the same formula. When you’re inside RAGE’s missions, they’re very classic id. But the technology allowed us to really move out of that and let our artists be artists.” – Tim Willits, creative director of RAGE to MCV.

id Software and Bethesda have released the TV Spot for RAGE, which features the A Perfect Circle track Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums. Double awesome. The tv advert first aired during the Michigan versus Notre Dame game on September 10. RAGE will be released on PC and consoles October 4 in the US and October 7 in the UK.

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id Software has released updates and the source code for Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum and DOOM Classic on iOS. Updates include universal apps with iPad and Retina Display support, revised user interface with a re-mastered HUD and all new menu art, re-mastered sound from the original MIDI source files, locked 60 fps for Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum/Lite assorted bugfixes and much more. You can download the prevalent files through here. Back in August during QuakeCon, John Carmak said id plans to release the DOOM 3 source code this year, once RAGE is out the door. Thanks, Joystiq.

Bethesda’s taken the wraps off the first gameplay footage from the co-op segment of RAGE, Wasteland Legends – seemingly renamed from Legends of the Wasteland when we seen it in Utah back in April. The video shows the level in Wellspring, where bandits try to destroy its water supply, which is where you and a partner come in. This is the level we seen at the time in April. Get it below the break.

The id shooter’s out on October 7 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Bethesda’s dropped details of the system requirements in RAGE, listing minimum and recommended specs. You’re probably gonna need a big, big rig to power the id shooter, which is the developer’s first new IP in 15 years. Get them below, via the Bethesda Blog.

Game’s out on October 4 in the US and October 7 in the UK.

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Taking a momentary break from its methamphetamine-focused storylines, a recent episode of Breaking Bad featured this relatively long sequence of Jesse Pinkman playing id Software’s Rage.
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The original Doom games are to be released for general sale in Germany, a good 17 years after being indexed.

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Bethesda’s launched another video on RAGE, this time showing off another bandit group in the game, the Gearheads. Your mission sees you trying to steal plutonium and Feltrite from the gang that will help the energy supply in Subwaytown for a while to come. Get the video below the break.

The shooter, id’s first new IP in 15 years, releases on October 4 in the US and October 7 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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The iOS version of classic shooter Wolfenstein 3D has dropped off the radar in some European territories.

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“One of the most important things I would say is a unified virtual 64-bit address space, across both the GPU and the CPU. Not a partition space, like the PS3. Also, a full 64-bit space with virtualization on the hardware units – that would be a large improvement. There aren’t any twitchy graphics features that I really want; we want lots of bandwidth, and lots of cores. There’s going to be a heterogeneous environment here, and it’s pretty obvious at this point that we will have some form of CPU cores and GPU cores. We were thinking that it might be like a pure play Intel Larabee or something along that line, which would be interesting, but it seems clear at this point that we will have a combination of general purpose cores and GPU-oriented cores, which are getting flexible enough that you can do most of the things that you would do on a CPU.” – d Software co-founder John Carmack on what he wants to see in next-gen consoles.

Nathan Grayson talks to RAGE creative director Tim Willits about helming the first new IP in years from the shooter genre’s grandaddy, id Software.

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RAGE on PlayStation 3 will sport a wince-worthy mandatory install.

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Among the slim and scanty details we have on DOOM 4 so far is the news the single-player campaign will run at 30 frames per second.

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It’s the last Saturday Shorts post before gamescom, and to prepare ourselves for hell week, we’ve decided to drink ourselves stupid. Not like we had far to go in the first place.

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Bethesda, GAME and gamestation have announced an exclusive RAGE Collector’s Pack.

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RAGE won’t sport an Online Pass system, but those who buy it new will still score an interesting bonus.

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id Software has released another developer diary for RAGE, and this time, the focus is on the sound and art. You can watch it below, courtesy of D’toid. RAGE is out in early October for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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id Software’s Tim Willits has waded into the debate of always-on internet connections for games, saying it would be best for those concerned.

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Another QuakeCon’s come and gone, but there are traditions to uphold. Read on for our annual chat with id CEO Todd Hollenshead, wherein we discussed lengthy dev cycles, consoles, the importance of graphics, and tons more.

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Todd Hollenshead has said id won’t bring a “crippled” port of RAGE to Wii, and played coy on the possibility of Wii U support.

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