Carmack sat down with Tom's to discuss his new game Rage, as well as working with consoles. Surprisingly, Carmack the PC guy admitted that, at least for Rage, the PC is not as important as the consoles. The PC edition may even be three DVDs in order to match the PS3 quality, he said. Id will certainly port Rage and Doom 4 to the PC, Carmack said, but he admits that the numbers on PC are just not what they are for consoles, and they are steadily falling. PC fans don't fret, though, according to Carmack, Id will support PC for a while because "it's the right thing to do."

Sorry folks, the big evil cheese himself will not be killed off in this installment of Wolfenstein, either. Hitler will not be included in the new Id Wolfy game. According to lead artist Kevin Cloud, who said "No, he's not in our game," he said with a smile. "We've got to save something for future Wolfensteins. We can't do him in yet!" No, we suppose not.

Apparently, Id has had more than a few offers from publishers to produce a Quake-themed MMO game. Id has turned them all down, as Carmack himself related to Shacknews in an interview. He says Id is just not interested in developing an MMO, and in fact, underestimated what it is taking to produce their web-based Quake Live game.

ID Software announced today that production on Doom 4 has begun. The developer is also expanding its internal team to work on the game. To that end, iD is looking for talent to join the team. Great opportunity if you have what it takes.

"It's critical for id Software to have the best creative minds in-house to develop games that meet the standards synonymous with our titles."

Game Chronicles has posted a new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Q&A. They get the chance to speak with Paul Wedgwood of Splash Damage and he is jsut full of info. He focuses on some of the game's unique features -- how id balanced the title's classes, added and selected vehicles,the role bots can play, and heeding the advice and desires of the community. Check it out.

There is a new game for the Xbox360 rated over at the ESRB. If you search for "Quake" at the linked search page, you will see the first result listed is Quake III: Team Arena. We can only assume that this title will be hitting the Xbox Live Arcade soon. Sounds encouraging! (Thanks, Kakarotto!)

In two separate speeches at the GDC this past week, representatives from both id Software and Epic said that they both decided to go multi-platform because of PC game piracy. They both admitted that most PC users who would spend $600 on a video card, would also know how to use bittorrent to download Unreal or Quake. That is why they both decided to look towards the consoles, even though they did not necessarily want to.

Well, it seems the rumor mill murmurs were true this time around. Quake Wars is going to be storm its way onto both next-gen consoles. Of course, no release date or console-specific info was revealed in the official press junket, but we expect more info shortly. Click read more for the full PR info. (Thanks, CackGrotto)

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SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb 13, 2007: The war between the GDF and Strogg will soon be igniting on next-generation consoles as id Software and Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATVI) today confirmed that Enemy Territory: QUAKE WarsTM, the team-based first person action title, and already one of the most anticipated new properties of 2007 is coming to next-gen platforms. In this epic multiplayer-focused game, players can choose to defend humanity as a part of the Global Defense Force (GDF) or destroy it as a merciless Strogg alien invader. Under the executive production of id Software, Nerve Software is developing Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars for the Xbox 360TM video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, while Z-Axis is the developer for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.

Over at Computer Games Online you can find part one of a new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Q&A. Paul Wedgewood speaks about the storyline, the gameplay and what exacty it entails, the different maps, the leveling schema, the ranks, and the rewards as well. Check it out.

GameSpy has posted a brand new Enemy Territory: Quake Wars development diary. This installment features designer Paul Wedgwood who talks about the important of the game's storyline and more. Check it out.