Earlier today, there was a report From the Austin Game Conference that the Xbox360 version of the upcoming id Shooter Rage would suffer from content loss due to the limits of the console's DVD storage format. Well, the statement has been clarified by id Software's Tim Willits, who actually said it in the first place. Now, it seems that the overall story was not changed in any way, but how the player experiences it has changed. There was no content removed from the Xbox360 version, it seems, but the content has been reshuffled and re-fit in order to flow better on a DVD. All the content is there, and on the two discs the Xbox360 version ships with, there will be one big wasteland on each disc, rather than earlier today's report that each disc would hold 5 or 6 smaller environments. Good to hear, id!

"During my talk today I mentioned that we originally wanted to have around 5 or 6 smaller wasteland environments but later decided instead to have 2 larger wastelands," he explained. "Mostly because we were going to be shipping on two DVDs for the 360 and felt that it would play better with one large wasteland on each disc so there would be no loading between wastelands."

Id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead has stated that PC manufacturers secret policy of piracy acceptance is the industry's "dirty little secret." According to Hollenshead, PC devs are happy behind closed doors with the levels of piracy, as it helps to sell PC hardware. We tend to agree, which is why you do not see much hardware-based piracy solutions. Interesting huh?

The legendary John Carmack, Director over at ID, said that it is much easier make contemporary games on the Xbox360 than the PS3. The PS3, he says, has "theoretical" advantages, and speculated Blu-Ray will have a hand in the future console war, but the Xbox360 is easier to develop for. Sounds like all Sony platforms in the beginning years, everyone has short memories, we guess.

"What you can say really quite clearly and not get into too much argument about it is that the 360 is much easier to develop for, it's easier to get the performance out of it that it can deliver, and the rasterizer, the GPU side is generally faster than what the PS3 has," Carmack told Eurogamer at QuakeCon.

The recent departure of id Software from the ESA is 'probably temporary,' according to chief executive of id Software Todd Hollenshead, and was not politically motivated. He said it was just a question of priorities for this year, whatever that cryptic statement means.

The demo for Quake Wars is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo weighs in at 849mb, so grab it before you leave for work.

It seems iD Software has become the latest ESA member causality. Companies are dropping out of the ESA like flies, could the organization finally have seen its day? Could be.

Enemy Territory for the next-gen consoles finally has a date. May 30, 2008 will see the simultaneous release of the game on both next-gen platforms. The game has been out on PC and has received mixed reviews, at best.

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Wednesday 20th February/...IGA Worldwide Inc., the leading independent in-game advertising network announced today from the 2008 Game Developer Conference that it has partnered with id Software to manage all advertising, sponsorship and creative branding opportunities within the forthcoming QUAKE LIVE web site and free-to-play version of the popular action series.

As you may or may not know, id Software recently announced a forray into the mobile gaming field. Gamespy got the chance to talk to both Todd Hollenshead and the legendary John Carmack about this new venture, and just what is in store. Check it out.

Shacknews spoke with id CEO Todd Hollenshead and Tim Willits about id's first brand new franchise in years, Rage. The game is going to feature vehicles heavily, as well as some of the traditional FPS elements id fans are used to. Check it out.