ZeniMax Media Inc., the parent company of id Software has announced some details concerning QuakeCon 2010. It will be held August 12-15 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. More details about QuakeCon 2010 will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Play in world-class tournaments, meet and interact with game developers, be the first to learn new information about upcoming computer and videogames and have the opportunity to frag with friends on QuakeCon’s massive Bring Your Own Computer network.

Source: http://www.quakecon.org/

QuakeUnity, the premiere Quake download and news website, today announced it will offer expansive coverage of QuakeCon 2009. QuakeUnity will be working with the crew of QuakeLive.TV, the popular QuakeLive tournament coverage website, to bring you player interviews and analysis of the event.

As part of our coverage, QuakeUnity will offer true high definition video of the all the press conferences including the first look at RAGE and Brink, John Carmack’s keynote and the id Software press conference. QuakeUnity and QuakeLive.TV will also be producing daily commentary videos along providing player, vendor, and attendee interviews. Video coverage will be hosted by Julie Stepan, a correspondent for shows on ESPN and OCTANE TV. Conventional coverage including news updates, and pictures will also be available during the event.

On the competitive side, QuakeLive.TV will be bringing you live streaming coverage of all the action happening in the BYOC. Tournament coverage will include: QuakeLive King of the Hill 1v1, Quake Live 2v2 TDM, ETQW 4v4 BYOC, and QUAKE LIVE 1v1 for Younger Gamers.

Video from all around E3 2009. You will see booth babes, the Nintendo, Activision Microsoft, and Sony booths along with many others. There are also special appearances by Mario, Sonic, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The video, which was shot in 1080p using a Sony EX1, is presented for your viewing pleasure in 720p.



Music
-White Rabbits: "Percussion Gun"
- Throw Me The Statue: "Ancestors"
- Shout Out Louds: "Tonight I Have to Leave It"

QuakeUnity has a video interview up with Mr. Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell shot at E3 2009.

Fatal1ty discusses QuakeLive, the current state of the pro-gaming scene, the Fatal1ty summer camp program, and the new Fatal1ty products they are showing off at E3. The video runs 10 minutes and is available for download and streaming in HD.

As part of our QuakeLive public beta launch coverage, QuakeUnity brings you an interview with id Software's John Carmack and Marty Stratton. John and Marty discuss the QuakeLive backend infrastructure, their work with mod authors to bring additional features to the game, and the hiring of developers from inside the Quake community. Additionally, the duo weigh in about the complexities of the technology behind QuakeLive, the possibility of licensing the system, their commitment to stop cheating, and the marketing strategy behind the game.

Although id Software has no plans to allow user-made modifications to be incorporated into QuakeLive, they have gone out of their way to hire one of the most successful Quake III mod authors to help them with their project. id revealed to QuakeUnity that Kevin "arQon" Blenkinsopp, author of the popular mod Challenge ProMode Arena (CPMA), has been hired as a contractor on QuakeLive. If you're not familiar with CPMA, it is the premiere mod of choice for Quake III tournaments. It includes competitive features such as modified gameplay physics, multi-view demos, and highly customizable HUDs.

You can read the full interview on quakeunity.com.

Sometime in February, subz' decided that he'll make a Q3 movie, because Q3 is so awesome to work it, and he was sort of getting into CPMA with #cpmpickup and so on. So he asked for a few demos, and he got a little bit, then a little bit more, and then fei from Shaolinproductions dumped the gq4 demos over his head, so all of a sudden he had this epic amount of very nice footage, and realized that this will have to be something more.

He has been sorting demos since then, thinking up scenes, and whatnot, and actually started working on it only in June. Thanks are mentioned in the movie, some in the readme, but some extra special thanks to wIz4 for his advice on quality encoding. More technical stuff about the movie you can find out in #unpredictables on irc.quakenet.org. Two audio streams are available for the video. The first track has VQ3 hit sounds while the second has CPM sounds.



Movie starring: funnyb, ahxnxa, beng, oblivion, griffin, bud, luke, mov9k, nekon, 2b, reptile, 5cared, amph, anima, ddk, dmlzr, fiend, gouki, krysa, liam, mantra, n0rz, ovo, ph1l, raziel, vamp1re, breeze, subz.

Along with the three different 720P versions available for download, there is a Low Quality & High Definition h264 Streaming Flash option.

Videos from the Quake Live CTF winner bracket matches set between billymaysdaze and inninitforthe$ along with video of the finals match is now available.

Video of the Quake Live CTF championship match between billymaysdaze and rage includes both maps played by the teams; Q3CTF3 "The Stronghold" and Q3CTF2 "Troubled Waters" along with video of the awards ceremony. All of the videos include commentary by Stuart "Django" Ewen and Rod "Slasher" Breslau. The videos are available for download in multiple sizes along with a flash video option.

Video of the championship match between SK-ZeRo4 and cypher in the first ever QuakeLive 1vs1 tournament at QuakeCon 2008. The video includes both matches played between ZeRo4 and cypher on qztourney7 'Furious Heights' and qztourney4 'Vertical Vengeance II' along with video of the award ceremony. Commentary for both maps are provided by Stuart "Django" Ewen and Rod "Slasher" Breslau. You can check out the rest of the tournament videos released here and you can expect the QuakeLive CTF finals video to be released tomorrow.

The video is available for download in high or low quality WMV and H264 files along with the option to stream the video via Flash in standard quality or a H264 high quality.

- Download the Video (Sizes: WMV High: 1GB, WMV Low: 127MB, H264 High: 722MB, H264 Low: 303MB)

QuakeUnity.com has a write up on the id Software press conference and John Carmack keynote. A much smaller than usual crowd was on hand to listen to id Software's press conference followed by John Carmack's keynote here at QuakeCon 2008.

The main highlights of the press conference were the official DOOM4 announcement and the announcement of Wolfenstien RPG and Doom II RPG from id Mobile, the cell phone gaming division of the company. Very little new information was given about id's upcoming title Rage. Compared to last year's very exciting announcements of Quake Live and the Wolfenstein movie, this year was fairly uneventful.

I'll be working on getting the video up sometime tomorrow. Technical difficulties relating to being rushed to setup and not being able to properly test our equipment before are the reasons for the delay. :(

Starting July 31st, the QuakeUnity.com coverage team will be live on-site in Dallas providing voideo-on-demand high definition video and live audio of selected QuakeLive and ETQW tournament matches along with videos of all the major events happening at QuakeCon.

Former Radio iTG commentator Django will be casting the matches along with various guests including Slasher. All videos will be produced on-site at QuakeCon in 720p high definition and be made available for download and streaming via flash video very soon after they are shot. To reach the widest audience, multiple versions of each video will be available for download along with the option of choosing either a high quality h264 or a standard quality flash video stream. You can check out a sample video page here. Suggestions, comments, and questions are welcome. More details will be announced as the event gets closer.

It has been announced that long time id Software publisher Activison will not be distributing id's upcoming title "RAGE".

E3 Expo, Los Angeles – July 14, 2008 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced that it has signed an agreement with id Software, award-winning creators of iconic gaming brands and industry defining innovations, to publish RAGE™, the studio’s next blockbuster franchise. Built on id Software’s newest game engine, id Tech5, RAGE is an all-new take on the first person shooter being developed for release on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360™ system from Microsoft, PC and Mac.

“RAGE represents a new direction for our games,” said Todd Hollenshead, CEO of id Software. “RAGE is a shooter unlike any other, developed on our cutting edge new technology, and built to the exacting standards id is famous for. We’re excited to have the support of EA Partners to launch RAGE on the world.”

“The RAGE publishing deal is the epitome of EA Partners’ mission: Provide the world’s best developers with access to the world’s best publishing resources,” said David DeMartini, senior vice president and general manager of EA Partners. “The team at id Software is one of the best development studios in the world. We’re excited to work with id Software to give RAGE a blockbuster launch on the global stage.”

Stay tuned for additional information about RAGE at QuakeCon 2008 in Dallas, Texas from July 31 to August 2nd. More information about Quakcon is available at www.quakecon.org.

The QuatriX is the second video from Kat-Pro Productions.
This production contains team tricks along with solo tricks. The movie was meant to be released on 17/11/07, but problems were not repaired before the release. With help from the community over at Overdrive PC, Kat-Pro Productions was able to complete The QuatriX.

A Defrag freestyle movie that includes single tricks made by smok1e and teamtrix by communicating with MaZe, riot, s1ck from s7ickup and Enter, and Sm0k3r from the cpma freestyle server.



The Soundtrack:
Dr. House - Theme song
Darude - Sandstorm
Marc Dawn - Expander

A new version of the Seismovision demo player has been released. This release adds support for Tremulous, Warsow, Quake4 1.42 along with a bunch of fixes.

An important feature had to be added to this release to play back Quake 4 demos prior to v1.42. Since v1.42 the Quake 4 CD-Key is encrypted, this poses a problem to the versions prior v1.42 as they cannot read the encrypted key and would ask it for prohibiting demo play. To play back demos for older versions, Seismovision needs to have the Quake 4 CD-Key. This can be entered in the Quake 4 Options, CD-Key.

• Full List of Changes

• added: Warsow (wd7 (v0.12), wd8 (v0.21) and wd9 (v0.31)) demo support. Extended support for play lists and demo controls.


• added: Tremulous (dm_69) demo support.


• added: Day of Defeat: Source (Steam) (dem), Half-Life Deathmatch: Source (Steam) (dem) and Opposing Force (Steam) (dem) demo support.


• added: Quake 4 v1.42 AVA for .netdemo (v1.04, v1.10, v1.20, v1.30, v1.41 and v1.42) and .demo (v1.04, v1.10, v1.20, v1.30, v1.41) and ndmo85 (v1.42)


• added: Quake 4 key input to make demo play back of demos prior v1.42 possible.


• added: Quake 4 demo scanner for identifying files required for demo play (right-click on demo to access)


• added: Smart mod detection for multiple versioned installations for .netdemo's (Check Seismovision's Quake 4 documentation)


• added: Simplified-Chinese language (Thanks to Si 'FiO' Wei)


• added: Call of Duty 2 iwd scanner to easily manage non-standard .iwd that may cause demo playback malfunctions. Automatically saves selections.


• fixed: Enemy Territory demos not playing in a play list.


• fixed: America's Army demos not playing at all.


• fixed: Playback options not saving correctly.


• fixed: Miss detection on Medal of Honor: Allied Assault demos.


• fixed: Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory play lists not working and also fixed screen saver

• About Seismovision

Seismovision is a very versatile demo player which makes it very easy to play back demos on your computer. Simply double-click on a demo to play it, whether it is from a compressed archive, over a network or right of your desktop. Even create demo play lists with the Seismovision Play list editor. Configure all your games easily and choose from a collection of configuration files to suit your needs. Seismovision also offers demo controls for many of its games. With the ability to downgrade games to play older demo types makes Seismovision the all-in-one demo player!

Video from the tourney stage where all five matches between toxjq" and fojji took place. The videos are presented in High Definition video and give a different feel of the tourneys than watching them though in-game footage. You'll hear the crowd screaming and yelling at two players. The first round, which they played Quake1 is what is available at the moment.

The second video is High Definition footage of the Quad Damage tournament award ceremony. You'll see toxjq, fojji, and DaHanG go on stage to receive their vanity checks.

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Video of John Carmack's keynote address to QuakeCon 2007. The video runs a little over an hour. Carmack discusses id Software's upcoming projects such as "Rage", their newly announced game using the id Tech5 engine, Quake0, a web-based version of Quake3, his experience of developing portable gaming technology, id's decision to hire a second team of developers, and much, much more.

High Definition video from the id Software press conference at QuakeCon 2007.

id CEO Todd Hollenshead announced to the huge crowd gathered exciting news such as a QUAKE Arcade game is in the works, Quake0, a free web-based version of Q3 is currently in development, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars's release date, a few details about the Wolfenstein movie that is currently in development, the news that all id Software titles will be available on Steam, and more!

Check out these historic announcements, the way they were went to be viewed, in HD video.

A High Definition video of John Carmack presenting id Software's next game "Rage" to the crowd gathered at QuakeCon 2007.

The video only lasts about 1:30, but it gives you a nice feel of what type of style the game will have. It starts off with some footage that was first shown at WWDC a few months ago, then progresses to show a FPS shooting scene along with some racing action.

Video of the entire id Software presser and John Carmack's keynote are coming.

I'll be heading off to Dallas tomorrow morning to cover my 6th straight QuakeCon.

Expect to see lots of video and pictures during the course of the event. If there is any specific coverage anyone wants to see, just post it here and I'll see what I can do.

Last year, we had a very good response with our coverage videos and I hope we can provide everyone great content again this year!

Update:

I had it confirmed today I'll have chance to sit down with John Carmack on Saturday!.. If any of you want some questions asked, post them here!

Next week I'll be heading out to Activision for a QuakeWars media event. I just scheduled an interview with Paul Wedgwood (aka "Locki") from SplashDamage so if anyone has some questions about the game you haven't seen asked yet, post away.. Going to be starting the question research process myself tomorrow, but it's always nice to have others help ;p.

Along with going out to Los Angeles next week, I'll also be launching a re-branded, re-designed, re-organized Q3,Q4,QW site this weekend.. it will replace PQ4 which consumed PlanetQuake3.net's content... STAY TUNED>

Team Infinite Trajectory has come back from the dead temporarily to release a new team trick jumping video. Much of this movie's content is quite old (most demos are from 2004) and the project was passed between a couple editors before landing here.

Some team tricking aspects were pioneered here, such as linear vector rocket propulsion. Long time it's been, eh? Team iT has been dead for about a year now, but the project needed completion!

Ever wonder who are the best video game players in the world? With “Inside the World Series of Video Games,” MTV takes an in-depth look at what it takes to compete at the highest level to become a bona fide world champion.

The show follows several aspiring top gamers as they vie with the best on the 2006 World Series of Video Games circuit from Sweden to China and across the USA. With over $1 Million in cash and prizes, sponsorships from companies like Intel and some top players like Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel launching their own line of products, playing games on the WSVG circuit has become the best job in the world.

Earlier this week, id Software and Splash Damage participated in the nVIDIA GeForce 8800 launch. Today, they’ve released the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars gameplay capture as shown in the event. The gameplay footage was taken from the “Ark” map.

From the depths of the Shaolin Productions basement, Wussie is proud to present to you: Aerodynamic 2. The succesor to Aerodynamic: The Promode Dance features a fresh new set of CPM freestyle tricks and fastcaps performed by Bacchus, Pez, Poub, and mew, a soundtrack mixed by mrks and a suprise by Ashr (editor of Aerodynamic: The Promode Dance).

We hope you enjoy watching this movie as much as we did making it.

Tricking iT's aB1s has released his latest DeFRaG movie called Haunted. It features four well known players: BUDDHA, CREY3, DEX and aB1s himself.

The video focuses on content and not video effects. It's more for people who would like a clean, smooth edited DeFRaG video with really nice cams. The video runs around 13 minutes and is compressed with the xvid codec.

A look inside the halls of id Software's offices in Mesquite, Texas. The video starts off showing the awards and magazines in their main hallway, then proceeds to the lobby and conference room which both house many id awards and memorabilia. You'll see original Doom models, the models used on the Team Arena box, and much more.

You can also check out the id Software picture gallery. It contains pictures from their current and previous offices.

The video runs almost 7 minutes and is presented in 1280x720 High Definition video. A streaming flash video option is also available.

it's LIVE!.. i'll make a news post later if someone doesn't beat me to it hehe..
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In early July, PlanetQuake4.net had the opportunity to preview the Quake4 1.3 Point Release at id Software's offices in Texas. At the time, I was on assignment in Texas for the WVSG Summer Championships. The timing couldn't have been better. At this time, id wasn't exactly sure when the patch would be released, but we knew it would be fairly soon. While previewing such anticipated patch to my favorite series of video games was an amazing opportunity, PQ4 happened to be the first and only organization to get the sneak peak of the 1.3 update.

Before departing, I asked if it would be fine to shoot some random video around their offices for all the id fans around the world. For security purposes, we were limited to general areas of the offices, but those are the most interesting. The hallway which you must walk through to reach all the employee offices is filled with magazines and posters from id titles ranging from Doom to RTCW. The video first starts off in a closet in the back of the offices which houses unopened copies of id and partner company titles. It then proceeds to the previously mentioned hallway and then to the main lobby and conference room. These rooms hold many id awards and memorabilia. You'll see original Doom models, the models used on the Team Arena box, and much more . The video runs almost 7 minutes and is presented in 1280x720 High Definition video.

The QuakeCon 2006 Quake4 TDM Grand Final match between Team Britney (toxic & Ztrider) and fnatic/atr ( 2GD & blue). The video was shot from the front row of the conference room where the tournament was being held. The video pans between a close up of toixic & Ztrider and their monitor screens and a wide angle of blue and the projector screen.

Video of the introduction of the players to the huge crowd on hand and video of the award ceremony is also included. Audio commentary is provided by Radio iTG's djWHEAT and ReDeYe. The video runs 26 minutes and is featured in 1280x720 resolution.

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Video of the final match between SK|toxic and mouz.Cooller at QuakeCon 2006. The video was shot from the front row of the conference room where the tournament was being held. The video pans between a close up of SK|toixic and his monitor screen and a wide angle of mouz.Cooller and the projector screen showing SK|toxic's action. Video of the introduction of the players to the huge crowd on hand, video of the award ceremony, and a small interview with SK|toxic is also included.

Included with this video is audio commentary provided by Radio iTG's djWHEAT and ReDeYe. The video runs 24 minutes and is featured in 1280x720 resolution.

A presentation of the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars game by id Software's Kevin Cloud and Splash Damage's Paul "Loki" Wedgewood.

Kevin and Paul discuss many topics related to ET: QuakeWars including the game's many classes, the unique player physics, megatexture technology, and the different gameplay styles the game possesses. While many videos of QuakeWars gameplay footage have been made available in the past, this video gives you an in-depth view of the game by the people who made it. The video runs 38 minutes.

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I arrived here in Texas a few hours ago. Still waiting for UltimateP to arrive with all the desktops and other equipment. I did get a chance to go down to the event and walk around a bit. While it's much smaller than the GAYlord, it's a very good sized room.

The tourney area looks practically setup and the volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the BYOC. I didn't feel like getting yelled at for taking pics inside the event area, especially since I don't have a press badge yet and lots of the organizers here don't play q3 or q4 and have no idea who i am. I have 2 pics from an early setup from inside the hotel room. Currently, I have have my 2 laptops setup, but later today, the room will have a total of 7 computers.

Hopefully I'll get the chance later tonight to work the registration line which is always fun. (plus it means no waiting in line for me. ;)...

I'm off for what will be on 5th QuakeCon in just less than four hours. My friend and co-worker UltimateP decided to drive to Texas instead of making the quick 2h plane ride with me. Packed inside his car though are 3 desktops and a ton of other equipment that will be used to help us provide QuakeCon coverage to the masses.

The event doesn't start to Thursday, but we'll have some sort of content available tomarrow. Can't wait to see how the room looks with our 7 computers setup!

Video of the Quake4 1vs1 Finals at the WSVG Intel Summer Championship held in Grapevine, Texas. The video features SK.toxic and Stermy facing off in their final map of the tournament. Also included is video from the award ceremony where SK.toxic, Stermy, and fnatic/Ztrider receive their checks. The video runs just under 19 minutes.

An interview conducted by Slasher from Day 2 of the Intel Summer Championships. Tek-9's Rafik "LoSt-CaUsE" Bryant had just lost to Fatal1ty in the upper bracket while Ivo "forever" Lindhout had just defeated fnatic/PURRI to stay in the tournament, and awaited SK.fazz the next day.

Discussed is LoSt-CaUsE's win over forever during the tournament as forever had too many distracting girls behind him. forever expresses his love for iTG'ReDeYe while both discuss their opinions on the ISC event as a whole and some of the distractions each had to deal with. A special guest appearance is made by Stermy while Fatal1ty gets a touch of forever's personality.

An interview conducted by Slasher with Johan "Toxic" Quick shortly after his victory over Allesandro "Stermy" Avallone in the Intel Summer Championships that concluded this past weekend. The interview which runs 20 minutes discusses among many topics his game plan in the tournament, his style of play, what was going through his mind before the finals, his personal views on Quake4, the current situation of the iCE cLIMBERS, and who he really wanted to play in the grand finals.

He shares some very entertaining behind the scenes accounts such as how before the finals Fatal1ty changed his name to SK.toxic while practicing against stermy and why he did not show any emotions after winning his $20,000 prize. This interview is available for download in 1280x720 video along with a streaming flash option.

An interview with Stermy after his win versus fnatic/Ztrider in the winner bracket finals on Saturday. He talks about his match which propelled him into the grand final vs SK.toxic.

In this in-depth interview conducted by Slasher, Stermy talks about how F-Players are different compared to other gaming organizations, his views on the maps used in the tourney, his playing style, the WSVG event, would he like to switch back to Quake3, and other topics.

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Footage of players in the Quake4 tournament here at the WSVG: Intel Summer Championships going on this weekend. The video includes footage of Fatal1ty and xlo^Nomadic.

Along with footage from inside the tournament area, the video includes interviews with 4K^deus and Immortal conducted by ESReality's own Slasher. At the end of the video, Slasher gives his opinion of the first day's events.

The video is available in Streaming Flash or for download in a High Definition 1280x720 file. More videos will follow soon inclduing interviews with more Quake4 players. Pictures from the event can be viewed on PlanetQuake4.net.

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Last week at E3 I had the chance to sit down with Ms.X , trito , and Liefje [flag=new zealand] of the girlz 0f destruction. The girls are currently preparing for their upcoming ESWC tournament and have been gaining tons of press ever since they moved into their very own gaming house "The Home of Chrome".

In the interview they discuss a normal day is like, what it is like to live in The Home of Chrome, the visitors to their home, how their sponsorship with VIA started, what games they are playing, future mainstream press coverage, their thoughts on Quake4, the Ms.QuakeCon tournament, ESWC, and more!

This High Definition (1280x720) interview is also available in streaming video using a flash video player. Just click on the "Stream This Video" link located on the download page just above the regular file links.

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A High Definition (1280x720) video showing many of the exhibits featured at E3 2006. Pictures can only do so much justice to an event this large and exciting.



You will see many things including: the Nintendo, Sony, and Activision booths, 'Prey' being featured at the Fatal1ty booth, BF 1942, the NCSOFT show that was fined $5,000 for being too noisy, the AGEIA physics card, the beautiful Nokia booth, the Quake 4 themed Intel booth, Dilbert, the Powerpuff girls, and much more! Also included with the video is a bit of ET:QuakeWars footage that wasn't included in the first video. The video runs almost 8 minutes and will try and capture the feeling of what it was like at the event.

Video of a shootout from the Fatal1ty booth at E3 2006. The Fatal1ty booth at the video game industry tradeshow was on par with major corporations occupying a fairly large area in the far right corner of the south hall.

I happened to pick an interesting shootout to film. Fata1lty's challenger which was chosen from audience requested that they play "Over the Edge" instead of "The Longest Day" which was the default map being played. Fatal1ty was hesitant to agree to the map change even after he was taunted by his challenger who requested "Over the Edge" since that was the map he was most familiar with. Fatal1ty finally agreed, but only if his opponent first played "The Longest Day" and kept a positive score. In the end, his opponent ended up with a negative score, but Fatal1ty agreed to play the second map anyway. Commentary of the two matches is provided by Radio iTG's Tosspot who was on hand to provide commentary for the large crowd watching the match. The video runs 12 minutes. * Upcoming videos include: Booth Babes! and an interview with the Girlz of Destruction.

Video showing off Enemy Territory: QuakeWars gameplay at the Activision booth inside E3 2006. Activision has setup a ET:QuakeWars LAN for attendees to test out this upcoming game from SplashDamage. Each player has a plasmas above them echoing their gameplay.



This 6 minute High Definition movie will give you a never before seen glimpse into real ET: QuakeWars gameplay, not some pre-rendered demo video. You will see medics handing out health and engineers repairing tanks along with many other cool gameplay aspects.

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I didn't think it was going to happen, but I finalized my E3 travel plans last week. I will be attending the event along with Prognar, who lots of you know from his QuakeCon 2005 Fatal1ty Interview. He also traveled to Activision's headquarters to preview ET: QuakeWars for PlanetQuake4.net a few months ago.

Unlike most websites which will be covering E3, we won't be focusing on console related items, but instead computer related stuff. On my list so far of things to cover is the Enemy Territory: QuakeWars LAN being held at the event, the GGL VSports All Star Game, the VIA booth w/ the g0d girls, the Fata1lty booth, and ofcourse BOOTH BABES. I'm sure other things will catch my eye, but those are on the agenda for sure.

I'm asking for your input on other things at the event that you might be interested in or how you think the items I mentioned above should be covered. The QuakeWars LAN is the thing I've been giving the most thought to. I plan on getting video, pictures, and writing my thoughts about the game along with mini interviews with attendees and Activision (maybe id and/or SplashDamage also) reps. Our main source of coverage will be pictures and video.

An overview of the TransAtlantic Showdown, an event held in New York City in which the winners of AmeriCup II and EuroCup XII faced on in Q4 TDM and Q4 1v1 matches. The video starts off showing the sights of New York City and then moves on to some of the tournament highlights and memorable moments from the event.



You will see around the event location itself along with video of Radio iTG casting Quake4 and the crowd on hand for the event. The video also includes interviews with two GGL administrators who discuss their opinions about event. One of the admins interviewed who is currently involved with CounterStrike, explains why he is planning to switch his focus over to Quake4! The movie runs 6minutes 30seconds and is presented in High Definition 1280x720 video. A big thanks goes out to Slasher who helped us with this video.

Wheat behind a Dell.

NYC Building

Redeye

Wheat

Redeye & Wheat

Wheat & Socrates Talking

Redeye & Tosspot Casting

Redeye & Wheat Casting

The crowd infront of the iTG casting booth.

Socrates Interview #3

Socrates Interview #2

Socrates Interview #1

TimeWarner Center #5

TimeWarner Center #4

TimeWarner Center #3

TimeWarner Center #2

TimeWarner Center #1

Tosspot Q4'ing #2

Tosspot playing Q4 with other Euro players.

Tourney Players

SyN & Carmac 4

SyN & Carmac 3

SyN & Carmac 2

SyN & Carmac broadcasting.

More Vendor Booths

AOL showing off their new online TV service.

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The final match between Darkside and ICe-cLIMBERS on Q4DM2: Sandstorm for the Quake4 Team Deathmatch TransAtlantic finals.

The legendary European iCe-cLIMBERS defeat the American Darkside team 138:202. The video lasts 19:30 and switches between views of both teams. Relive the magic of this exciting Q4 TDM match with this High Definition video that includes commentary from Radio iTG which can be heard in the background.

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High Definition video of the final game between socrates and Cooller on Lost Fleet. Having won the first map BlipTourney 5-15, socrates, the underdog in the competition continuted his amazing game on Lost Fleet beating Cooller 5-25. Casting of the match provided by djWHEAT and ReDeYe of Radio iTG can be heard in the background. Two versions of the video are available for download.

Last weekend it was decided that myself and fellow PQ3/PQ4 staff member UltimateP would travel to New York City this weekend to cover the Trans-Atlantic Showdown. At the time we made all our reservations, we weren't sure if we would be able to film everything inside the event, but since then we have been granted unrestricted access to film. As we did for Winter CPL, we'll offer High Defintion 1280x720 video along with a much much lower resolution version for those on modems and people don't don't like downloading large files.

Our current plan is to film the players and the event in general along with player interviews. I also have gotten confirmation from my friend "bilz" who made the popular QuakeCon movie from this past year that he would put together a overview video soon after the event's conclusion.

PlanetQuake4.net has undergone a minor template redesign along with a newly laid out index and download page. The download page now features a nice comment system for users to post their feedback on files. There are still a few problems with the code (the tables going off the screen in IE) which I have to fix, but overall I'm happy with it. PQ3 and PQ4 specialize on file hosting so allowing users to post their thoughts on files using a nice comment system was something that was long overdue.

Video footage of the Quake4 tournament at EverLAN 2006 in Colorado. The video starts off with over the shoulder video footage of megablaz0r vs arcane on The Fragging Yards. The second part includes video of cl0ck vs. destrukt on Blip_Tourney. It runs for 15 minutes and 30 seconds.

Lags , the well known trick jumper who has been featured in numerous films and who has created films of his own such as "The Final n00b" & "Lags DFWC 02 Story" brings us his final Defrag film "Lags The Movie". This very fast paced film was made in only 5 days and runs a little over 7 minutes.

I've been busy with school, but I have a few cool items up my sleeve which everyone should be interested in. First, I am going to be putting together a piece called "Inside id", which will include pictures and text talking about id's offices.

Second, a few weeks ago, Activision, id Software's publisher e-mailed me about going to Los Angles to preview Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. I couldn't make the trip, but my friend Prognar went in my place. The QW preview was held yesterday and Prognar is already back and working hard on his article.

I'm also working on updated versions of the videos UltimateP and I shot at the winter CPL event. I had just bought the camera I used less than a week before the event, and wasn't completely familiar with ripping and rendering the HD videos at the right resolution. So I should be re-releasing the major videos like the Fatal1ty and Tourney videos again in their proper resolution....

Also, I have been thinking about releasing some videos I took over the years but never put up for download. Examples would be video of Raven's Rick Johnson at QuakeCon 2003 talking about Quake4 (never put up because of the bad audio) and video of the combined PunkBuster & Urban Terror workshop held at QuakeCon 03 also (the audio on this isn't as bad, but still not that great).

I'm currently working on a fairly lengthy article about my experience at the CPL winter event... Started working on it last night, but of course my main PC got b0rked and i've spend the last day trying to fix it... Almost back to normal now, so the article should go live tomorrow here on ESR :)

I had to chance to sit down with Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel during the Winter CPL event that just ended. In the interview, we discuss the recent surge in mainstream press coverage he has been getting, his favorite competitive game of all time, the bootcamp sessions being held at his home, the Fatal1ty contracted players such as stermy and Zen , the future of e-sports, his upcoming products, and his thoughts on being named the second most feared player in sports. The interview lasts about 20 minutes, and it available in high definition and low quality versions.

Also, an interview with, V3NUS and Cella, the two leaders of the PC division of Clan PMS is now available for download. These two hot chicks discuss Quake4, consoling gaming at the CPL, and what it is like to be a female gamer.

• Movie File - Fatal1ty Interview (Low Quality) (cpl_05_fatal1ty_interview_low.zip) 38MB
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The first big U.S. Quake4 tournament ended with an exciting but not surprising finish. Cooller and toxic, both Quake3 stars, made it to the finals where they played a total of three maps.

Cooller was victorious on the first map while toxic beat him on the second. Cooler won on blip, the third and final map of the tourney to take home $9,000 in prize money.

This high definition video video shows Cooller and toxic playing blip, the final map of the tourney, along with audio of djWHEAT & trillian from RadioiTG, the awards ceremony, and a post game interview with the runner-up toxic. The video is 1024x720 and runs twenty minutes.

It was an exciting day of Quake4 action here at the CPL Winter 2005 event. These videos shot in high definition give you a feel of how it is at the event. The first video shows off Sujoy, Daler, Gopher, wombat, RocketBoy playing Quake4. It lasts about 7 minutes. The second video is of Radio iTG broadcasters RoMe & lun shoutcasting a match between 4k^Zaccubus and 4Roach. Tomorrow look forward to HD interviews with Fatal1ty and Cella & Venus from Clan PMS.

There have been three videos of the retail version of Quake4 floating around the net for the past few hours. The three videos show off Quake4 CTF, a 1vs1 match in Q4DM1, and a walkthrough of "The Edge", one of the classic maps from Q2. As most people around the world looking for Quake4 at stores starting today, these videos give us a glimpse of the fun ahead. DivX is required.

PQ3 freelance reporter 'Prognar' interviews the famous "Fatal1ty" at QuakeCon 2005. This isn't your typical game interview. Prognar starts off asking if Fatal1ty thinks shoes are important to gaming and then goes on to ask questions such as what Fatal1ty thinks about Hillary Clinton's crusade against games. I'm sure everyone will find the interview very entertaining.

Video from QuakeCon 2005 showing off in-game footage of Quake4 Multiplayer and a quick tour around the NVIDIA and RAZER booths in the vendor area. Quake4 Multiplayer is running on a bunch of Dell computers at the NVIDIA booth. Anyone is able to wait their turn for a chance to play this Doom3 engine based sequel to Quake2. While the Multiplayer semes to run smooth and fast, I can't helpt but noticing the likeness of UT2k4 in the map style and look. The 640x480 video run a little less than 4 minutes.

In a few hours, I will be boarding a plane heading to what will be my fourth QuakeCon event. While I'm really excited about going, I always feel a little nervous. In my mind before the event I always have grand ideas of filming everything in sight, taking tons of pictures, meeting certain people, etc. But you never know till you get to the event and the times comes if you are able to do what you had planned.

I make the journey to QuakeCon for a few different reasons. One of them would be covering the event for the many people around the world who are unable to attend. Of course the other reason is to have fun. But because of the first reason I gave for going to QuakeCon, it can a bit stressful. My goal from my first year attending QuakeCon was to cover the happenings of the event that I would be interested in seeing covered myself. The quality of the reporters at QuakeCon varies tremendously. At the high end, you organizations such as Radio iTG who are excellent in what they do. On the low end you have reporters from more main stream media organizations such as G4 (TechTV) that have no clue about anything. I have to admit, I had a hard time determining if the the reporter G4 sent last year was male or female. He just looked so weird walking around in his robe.

This last year, I think did a good job coverage wise with pictures and videos. This year I want to focus more on written material such as this blog I'm writing here on ESR and various articles describing the happenings at the event. The key with any QuakeCon coverage is to be the first person to get it ready for viewing. This shouldn't be a problem.

Once I get to QuakeCon around 11:30 Eastern tomorrow, I'll be sure to have some pictures of the four computer setup in my hotel room. Stay tuned!!

The first episode from WASD, an Internet TV show for gamers, by gamers is now available for download.

In this episode, WASD gives you the heads up on QuakeCon, aka the Woodstock of gaming. The video is really interesting if your not familiar with the history of QuakeCon or if you want to learn a bit more about the event. In the video they interview T-Dawg, a longtime attendee and staff member of Quakecon. If this is your first LANParty or road trip they have a few tips that will make your drive to Quakecon a little smoother.

This is the new part from the 'Spell of Destruction' series from rEALm & aB1s. The content is not only on spacemaps (like in the other parts before), also baseq3 and some FreeStyle maps were played/used. This video features 20 well known players, 20 mins of single tricks/runs and a Soundtrack mixed by Magic Drums.

• Movie File (Spell of Destruction 5.rar) 473MB
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The Spirit of 0ups is the first movie from the clan 0ups and its editor FuBaR. It contains the best Freestyle Tricks in Quake 3 DeFrag by the clan members of 0ups. It was more or less made within 2-3 days of editing and used 67GB Space uncompressed HDD space. Before this project, FuBaR had no prior experience editing videos. The movie is 11 mins 20sec long.

Video from Radio iTG's Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham on G4TechTV's The Screen Savers.

He discusses the advancement of professional gaming and his involvement with the Global Gaming League. After his chat with host Kevin Pereira, djWHEAT calls a game of UT2k4 being played by others in the studio.

This is video from the QuakeCon 2004 Q3 1vs1 and Doom3 1vs1 Grand Final matches. The movie includes video of ZeRo4 & czm being announced to the crowd, playing part of their matches, and video of when czm defeated ZeRo4 to take home $25,000. For the Doom3 Grand Finals, video is included of Fatal1ty & Daler being introduced to the crowd, playing part of their matches, and video of when Fatal1ty defeated Daler. Video of parts of the award ceremony is also included.

The video should give people who weren't at the event a feel of the excitement of the people in the room. During the Quake3 1vs1 finals, the crowd was a bit more excited then during the Doom3 finals. The reason was that during the Doom3 finals, the crowd couldn't hear the in-game sounds and the projectors showing the match flickered every few seconds. Overall both tourneys were exciting to watch, and it looks like Doom3 has secured its spot as a game for tournaments in the future.

A G4/Tech TV feature on DOOM 3, offering a history of the DOOM franchise in the words of the folks at id Software. The clip can be found on the air on The DOOM Franchise, episode 310 of a series called "Icons." The piece offers clips from DOOM 3 and other games, interview footage, analysis and more, and for those without access to the program.
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After the author's first release "nebuLa tricks" he decided to release a defrag movie. This video is twice the length of his last and includes some nice defrag runs by himself. Features basic editing and straight to the point runs in first person, and thirdperson. No fancy stuff. Also includes demos, and the music used in the film. Although this isn't iT/Shaolin quality, it's still fun to watch.

Tricking iT2 is a Quake3 freestyle trickjumping movie from Inifinite Trajectory. After over 5 months of professional editing from one of the world leading gaming movie production houses, Shaolin Productions, and over a year of insane trickjump demoing from Infinite Trajectory, the wait is finally at an end. But thats not all. We have a new feature we'd like to present. Multiple Audio Tracks.Thats right, not just one soundtrack, but the ability to choose from 4, with and without sound effects! Be sure to download the latest Xvid codec or else the video won't play.

• Movie File - Tricking iT2 (sp-tricking_iT2.zip) 514MB
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A Q3 trickjumping movie from mrks, author of the popular "Cetus - The Movie" series. It includes many new tricks by various top level trickers from Team iT and 14K. This video unlike the authors previous video is freestyle trick jumping not Defrag. Runs 13:37 minutes.

A ProMode movie which contains the best 1v1 frags from the Polish CPMA player fhantom. The frag scenes have some amazing frags such as 3 air rockets and nice combo runs. Music by- Prodigy: Voodoo People. Runs 6:36 minutes.

• Movie File (all_about_promode_ownage.avi) 105MB
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A Finnish Quake 3 CTF movie. Contains impressive frags and flag captures done by polarbears while synched with a nice soundtrack. This movie is a must have for any diehard CTF fans. Runs 9:23 minutes.