Post Quakecon id Software News August 16, 2010

Well Quakecon is pretty much a wrap right now, but there’s still plenty of information coming out of it about id Software’s current projects.

Doom 4, the unfortunate no show of the event, is likely to get a cross platform release, for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.  Now the last information I heard about Doom 4 indicated that it was going to use Tech 5, the same engine that powers Rage, but whereas Rage is going to be locked at 60FPS (across all platforms), because Doom 4 is going to tax Tech 5 even more than Rage will the game will be a 30FPS game.  Doom 4 still has no release date.

I also read some news about id’s mobile division.  Now I had previously reported that Rage will see an iPhone version, but it’s recently been added that Quake Live (the online browser version of Quake 3 Arena) is being ported to the iPhone as well.  Great news, Quake 3 Arena is a staple of multiplayer deathmatch.  No release dates on those games either, the iPhone is notorious for having a “one second it’s not there, the next it is” reputation.