id Software’s John D. Carmack commented that the “PS3 lags a little bit behind in terms of getting the performance out of it.” The article reported that the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game were running at a full 60 fps, while the PlayStation 3 port was falling behind at a mere 20-30 fps.

I don’t think that the Twitter post was necessary though, it’s in any developer’s best interest to fix a game, especially one with as much reputation as id. The comments were most probably directed on the development stages of the game, and not the final product.

“The PS3 lags a little bit behind in terms of getting the performance out of it,” John Carmack told Edge. “The rasteriser is just a little bit slower – no two ways about that.

Unfortunately, it’s unclear if the PS3 version will be fixed. The alleged framerate is only 20-30fps, as opposed to the full 60fps the PC and 360 are getting.

“The RSX is slower than what we have in the 360. The CPU is about the same, but the 360 makes it easier to split things off, and that’s what a lot of the work has been, splitting it all into jobs on the PS3,” he said.

Rage will be out sometime soon next year. The Mac version is currently under development.

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Here is the full changelog:

• Fixed lightning gun sound, no more loud enemies.
• Added team_say for spectators so they can chat only among spectators.
• Increased the speed of nailgun nails.
• The powerups now spawn at the same time after match start.
• cg_lagometer 2 will now display the client ping estimation along with the standard lag-o-meter graph.
• cg_chatBeep allows you to enable/disable the audible beep when you receive a message.
• cg_teamChatBeep allows you to enable/disable the audible beep when you receive a message from a teammate.
• cg_selfOnTeamOverlay toggles whether you see yourself in the team overlay.
• cg_fov lower limit is now 10.
• Changed demo autorecord naming to more easily sort and locate.
• cg_autoaction 0-3
  0 – do nothing
  1 – auto record demo
  2 – auto record a screenshot at end of game
  3 – auto record demo and screenshot
• cl_autoRecordDemo has been removed in favor of the new cg_autoaction system.
• cl_demoRecordMessage 0/1 allows you to toggle the “RECORDING…” message on the hud when recording a demo.
• cl_conTimestamps can now display values in game time.
  0 – Do nothing
  1 – Show values in game time (affected by cg_levelTimerDirection)
  2 – Show values in servertime
• Fix for several keys becoming unbound (2,e,u,o,s,m)
• Spectators will no longer get the “Internal combustion” message upon respawn after following a player that was mined.
• Fix for a dropweapon bug that could cause other players in the game to auto switch to another weapon.
• Removed setu/sets commands.
• Fix for odd sv_maxclients values.
• Warmup delay is now disabled for bot games.
• Zoomed fov calculation now takes aspect ratio into account.
• Some FireFox users were experiencing crashes while loading into maps, these issues have been resolved.

Competition mode changes:

• Added support for limiting the amount of timeouts called, and configuring their default duration. Time outs remaining are indicated on the team scoreboards.
• Server owners can deop other clients with the ‘deop’ command.
• Pause and Timeout events print to the console.

Select organizations will now be able to launch private servers directly from the official Quake Live website, meaning league play will become a lot easier to handle. These private servers will “include extensive competition features such as calling timeouts, locking teams, aborting matches and designating match referees.”

New commands and prerequisites for game modes have also been added, making customization go even further with the game. Several user interface changes have also been made to the website.

Make the jump for the very extensive changelog.

Code Changes:

• Competition features (calling timeouts, locking teams, referees) available in private servers
• Wood footsteps (present on QZCA3 – Quarantine).
• Raw mouse mode performance optimizations.
• Added cl_mouseSensCap (default 0/disabled) to cap the mouse speed if you are using acceleration. Pass it an equivalent sensitivity with no acceleration value, and the acceleration code will not go beyond that.
• The game can’t start right away after a map change, in order to let everyone get in and participate in votes (g_warmupDelay).
• CTF requires 2v2 before starting.
• cg_marks no longer disables cg_shadows.
• handicap in instagib is now disabled.
• r_subdivisions limited to either 4 or 80.
• Flag capture time is reported with milliseconds.
• Flag items are no longer predicted (fixes ghost pickup sounds).
• pro TDM config MG start ammo at 50
• cg_forceEnemyModel/cg_forceTeamModel now honored while spectating a player
• cg_forceBlueTeamModel/cg_forceRedTeamModel added (For shoutcasters, cmds override cg_forceEnemyModel/cg_forceTeamModel)
• spec command:
  spec fc – follow/cycle through flag carriers
  spec blue – follow/cycle through blue team
  spec red – follow/cycle through red team
  (more options on the way)
• cg_followPowerup now supports a value of 2, which will not switch to a lesser power-up if already following a flag carrier
• cg_followKiller issue in Clan Arena fixed
• fixes for several possible flag dupe cases in CTF
• spwin/splose/testgun cmds removed (exploit/griefing)
• callvote VO fixed (vote now/vote passed vo played in unison)
• Bitterman drowning sound added/fixed

Web Changes:

• The plugin upgrade and installation has been revamped, and you should no longer need to restart your browser during an update (some IE issues still being worked out).
• 24 awards are making a comeback and will start being awarded again!
• The match detail tooltips have been revamped, now allowing you to sort the list by each field. In addition it should be easier to toggle “Quitters / Switchers” now.
• All matches in the server browser will now show the country flag and corresponding city name for the location where the server is running.
• Dropdown menus have been added to the top-level navigation bar, allowing easy access to many parts of the site.
• A new option to “Show Private Matches” has been added to the Server Browser “Customize” pane. This option will toggle back and forth between showing only public or only private matches.
• While the player is in-game various features on the website will go into “sleep mode” in order to reduce the amount of resources used. This change is to help certain players who were having problems with the game stuttering while playing due to website activity.
• Created a new prompt system is used for all fatal errors and other cases where info needs to be presented to the player.
• Match tooltips will now show server name, allowing you to see where the server is located from your friends list.
• You can now toggle whether to show chat timestamps in your “Edit My Profile” page
• Added an icon that is now stamped onto matches in a player’s profile when they have won a particular game.
• Fixed a number of problems with cvars and binds not being saved or restored. Players should no longer need to use an autoexec.cfg to have their settings persist.
• Fixed a problem that was preventing the “Link to this match” button from working in IE8.
• Fixed a problem where clicking on a model icon on your friends list would take you to an undefined profile.
• Fixed a problem where the player could be stuck on the “Quake Live is Loading” screen when an error occurs during the initial site load.
• Fixed a problem where many pages were missing page titles.

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BluesNews also points out that id Software is also using this year’s QuakeCon to promote the game, which will be held from August 13-16. Still, no official word from either the publisher or developer on the delay.

The sci-fi first-person-shooter will be released for the PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Linux platforms.

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The post-apocalyptic FPS will be out for the PC, Mac OS X, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Linux operating systems and will be out sometime next year.

With the release of iPhone OS 3.0, games downloaded from the App Store now have the ability to recieve downloadable content released by the developers.

In leui of this, id Software’s John Carmack has confirmed that there will be a DLC pack released for Doom Ressurection at some point in the near future. He also told Joystiq that in the coming weeks multiplayer add-ons will be released for the game.

Will id Software’s intuitive utilization of the iPhone platform have other big game developers doing the same? Perhaps an iPhone version of Halo? Hey, I can’t dream, can’t I?

ZeniMax has noted that they expect Id Software to continue operating independently, as before, which is always good, all things considered. Id Software are the developers of classics such as Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake. And the upcoming Rage.

We just learned yesterday that id Sotware’s App Store exclsuive Doom Resurrection would hit sometime next and today we are greated with a trailer showcasing actual gameplay from the title.

The above trailer does a great job showing off the game-changing visuals featured in Doom Resurrection but it also reveals something to us that was before unknown; Doom Resurrection will be an on-rails shooter.

So, just like Dead Space: Extraction for the Wii, players will not be able to run around in a true 3D environment but instead be restricted to a pre-set path. Oh well, at least it has cool graphics, right?

According to VentureBeat, id Software is gearing up to launch a “true next-generation” iPhone game next week which is none other than Doom Resurrection. Also according to the article this new game will feature 3D graphics unmatched by any game currently on the App Store.

While the game’s development was relatively easy considering they were able to take textures from Doom 3 and port them to the iPhone, it wasn’t all peaches. id Software’s Jack Carmack says that deep into development him and his team were forced to redo much of the “core shooting/aiming” mechanics included in the game.

Doom Resurrection will hit the App Store complete with 8 full levels making up for 5 ful hours of gameplay. Considering the game will run flawless on current-gen iPhones and iPod Touchs, just imagine when it is played on the iPhone 3G S. Yeah, I think Sony and Nintendo really have a new competitor thanks to Apple.

If you’re impatient and need to kill some Nazis as soon as possible, the original Wolfenstein 3D will be making its way to both the Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network early June.

Wolfenstein is set to ship for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC systems.

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This will come as great news to retrogamers and moderngamers a like as the 1992 Wolfenstein 3D was pretty much responsible for popularizing the PC FPS genre.

Unfortunately the listing doesn’t give us any word as to when the title will drop but let’s hope its soon. Oh yeah, it lists HDTV 1080i in the details, perhaps some remastered graphics? We can only hope.

"I’ll leave that as a tease," said Hollenshead when pressed for more details. The studio is currently working on three projects – Wolfenstein, Rage and Doom 4. Additionally, they are working on improving the beta project that is Quake Live.

The CEO did tease that Doom 4 will “not [be] a sequel to Doom 3, but it’s not a reboot either.”

"It’s a little bit different than those, and if I told you why, I would get my ass kicked.”

However, it won’t abandon its gorey, action-ey roots anytime soon. "Everything I’ve seen on it is classic Doom, so I don’t really have worries that people aren’t going to like it and start talking about it.”

Gamespot talks with company CEO Todd Hollenshead about the shift. And here’s what he had to say:

Well, actually it’s been a fundamental, sort of philosophical shift at the company, is that we really have transitioned from, first and foremost, a PC developer to a multiplatform developer. And so when John [Carmack] developed id Tech 5 (see below), it really was targeted from the initiation as a multiplatform technology solution.

Now, there’s no question that our roots are in PC gaming. And when I play a first-person shooter, keyboard and mouse is the configuration that I want to play on. I’m devoting my gaming time right now on the PC to Quake Live. I like a little Rock Band on the console, to be honest about it. But we feel like, in terms of your triple-A, big-budget, big-market title, that you really have to be cross-platform to be successful, unless you’re a first party.

So as an independent developer, we feel like we have to be on all the relevant platforms. So we don’t really view ourselves as PC first. I think I would say that John says that probably the primary development platform for Rage is actually the 360.

So, there you have it: Rage is primarily being developed for Xbox 360. Let the online game boards flame up.

While there was an initial confusion over whether he said “will” or “won’t”, host Geoff Keighley confirmed via Twitter that the game isn’t coming out this year.

id has remained mum on the title’s release date so far. They are still sticking to their age-old saying: “when it’s fun and when it’s done.” Next year then?

It was recently announced via the official QuakeCon website that registration for the even will begin on March 6th as precisely 9:30PM EST.

If you don’t know what QuakeCon is, I’ll give you a little information. QuakeCon is an event held yearly organized by id Software, developers of the popular Quake series where the convention got it’s name. You bring your computer to this free event and participate in all kinds of tournaments and contests. 

Just to put it in perspective, QuakeCon is apparently North America’s biggest LAN event and the biggest free LAN event in the world.

Sounds cool, right? This year QuakeCon is to be held at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas from August 13th to the 16th. Be there!

If you didn’t already know the beta for browser-based FPS, Quake Live, has been unleashed onto the public. 

To sign up for the beta just head over to www.quakelive.com, click on Play Now Free and sign up.

The beta has been more that successful with 113,00 users already registered and another 20,000 put in a queue. It’s been so successful that the id was forced to temporarily turn the servers off. Impressive.

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id Software has recently announced that a beta for their all new browser-based FPS, Quake Live, will be available on February 24th. But you know what the best news is? It’s an open beta and available for everyone.

Joystiq reports that Quake Live will be supported by ingame ads. Does this mean it will be for free? I mean it’s based on Quake III and is broswer based, so it should be, right?

id Software has said that the final game will be released “when it’s done”. In the mean time you can head over to the games official website and download an exclusive wallpaper. Woot!