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• You can save £10 off Rage 2 on PS4 and Xbox One

  Brash and bonkers shooter Rage 2 has barely fired its first bullet from the chamber but you can blast away a chunk off the price with this limited time deal.

• Doom 2 will get Battle Royale thanks to new mod

  One enterprising modding team is trying to bring Battle Royale to the 1994 gaming classic, Doom 2.

• Doom’s PS4 Pro and Xbox One X 4K patches arrive March 29

  From tomorrow, people who own either a PS4 Pro or an Xbox One X will be able to play Doom in 4K.

• Carmack: Xbox One "witch hunt" unjustified

  John Carmack, cofounder of id Software, has stated that the furore surrounding Microsoft’s unpopular Xbox One DRM policies was unjustified. Microsoft may have changed their minds, but Carmack believes that the days of physical media are coming to an end.

• DOOM 4 to avoid RAGE's marketing errors, id boss hopes

  DOOM 4 information will probably be drip-fed to the public, according to id creative director Tim Willits.

• Quake Live Premium Pak 13 detailed; five maps, Standard arena cycling

  Five maps are headed to the free-to-play Quake Live in a new content update, out today.

• All id Mobile games 99 cents during Quakecon

  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 […]

• Carmack: DOOM 4 "will be done when it's done", sorry about RAGE

  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.

• More hints at id's "future generation" console game

  Here’s one final nugget from Superannuation’s regular column of industry archaeology: Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein and Rage developer id Software is recruiting staff to work on “future generation consoles”. It’s not clear what the Bethesda-owned developer is up to at the moment, although we’re waiting on a Doom 4 announce. Hiring for next-generation platforms is definitely […]

• Rage: The Scorchers PEGI rating hints at DLC release

  As spotted by Siliconera, PEGI recently rated something from Bethesda called Rqge: The Scorchers, for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The Scorchers were a sixth bandit clan cut from Rage during development, so it seems quite likely we’re looking at an expansion or DLC pack for the 2011 id Software shooter.

• John Carmack predicts a long future for next gen consoles

  Despite growing competition from the likes cloud and PC gaming, Id co-founder John Carmack believes that dedicated consoles will still remain very much part of the industry.

• Hell is forever in DOOM 3 BFG Edition E3 screens

  Some things just never get old, like the minions of hell, which accompany you in your eternal suffering. Happily, you’re also accompanied by weapons. Hello, DOOM 3 BFG.

• Bethesda: Doom 4 shelving report is "complete bollocks"

  Bethesda has flat out denied that Doom 4 has been “indefinitely postponed,” saying any such report is “bollocks.

• RAGE PC patch adds advanced graphics options

  PC gamers troubled by ongoing hardware incompatibility issues should take some comfort from a new patch which adds more graphics options to RAGE.

• Outdated GPU drivers blamed for Rage PC issues

  AMD has released new drivers, available on its website, in response to complaints of screen tearing, texture and performance issues with the PC version of Rage. According to the Bethesda Blog, Id is working with Nvidia to push out a similar fix. Users are advised to wait for the Rage-specific update rather than upgrading willy-nilly. […]

• All the RAGE? Reviews go live for id’s post-apoc shooter

  With RAGE’s midnight US launches done and dusted, reviews have gone live, showing a strong average with a few notable down-marks. Get all the scores here.

• The RAGE Anarchy Edition - video shows what you get

  Bethesda’s put out a video of RAGE’s Anarchy Edition today, showing what big spenders can expect from the bumped up version. You automatically get this pack when you pre-order, so get on it: the game’s out on October 4 in the US and October 7 in Europe. Check out the footage below.

• RAGE will "change the perception" of id Software

  The imminent release of RAGE, id Software’s first new IP in yonks, may change how you think about the developer.

• Doom and Doom 2 de-indexed in Germany

  The original Doom games are to be released for general sale in Germany, a good 17 years after being indexed.