For the fourth time, MaverickServers is hosting a Quake 3 level design competition. Mappers from the community are encouraged to participate; veteran mappers and those looking to get into mapping are welcome to join in on the fun.
Prizes will be awarded to the best maps. Sapphire, Wacom, and Kot-in-Action are already sponsoring and there are more to come.
The contest will start on June 2nd and run for 10 weeks until August 11th. Judging will occur for 1 week after. Registrati... [ There's more ]

id Software might want to brace for some rage over “Rage”.

John Carmack, co-founder and technical wizard of the developer, says the company doesn’t plan to support dedicated servers for the multiplayer component of “Rage,” id’s upcoming new action game.

“It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,” he says.

Infinity Ward made the same decision... [ There's more ]

Id Software is looking for beta testers for Quake Live. This is teh version of Quake that will rock your browser. I know I'm interested in checking it out. I love the quake engine and I can't wait to see what their doing with it.

Sign up here. 

You can now enjoy your game of Quake on the Nintendo DS. Right now, you can get a prerelease version as it nears completion. The post found states that it supports total conversion and mods as long as they "respect the tiny memory size". However, networking has been removed. Still a great conversion though.

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The id Software Website now offers a new version 1.4 beta patch for QUAKE 4, introducing several fixes and new features, including Q4TV.

Some changes include:

Two more weeks to get your maps in for the Quake 4 MODSCON . You could win a $100 American Express gift card. That's like free money. However, no one is getting it until we have some entries.

Get a map together and submit it. At this point.... good or bad, your chances of winning are up there. 

Quake 4 Fortress is a mod for Quake 4 that is nearing the end of internal testing. They are just now accepting application from international applicants of those who want to help with the testing of this great mod. Once this group of test succeed and the final touches are put on the mod, it will be opened up to the public. They have a hopeful goal of September for it's release.

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