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Rage Extended Trailer

Straight from QuakeCon, the new extended Rage trailer showing off even more footage of the upcoming FPS from id Software, due out "when it's fun and when it's done" on PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac.

You may want to turn your sound down a bit, it recorded a bit loud. We will fix that with a new encoding later tonight as well as make the full HD version available. [video]12645[/video]

Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty Due August 21

Insomniac has revealed that its upcoming downloadable effort Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (PS3) will hit the PlayStation Network on August 21, GameSpot reports.

As previously announced at E3, the 3D platformer will be available at a $14.99 price point—"A shorter game at a lower price," Insomniac had explained.

For more on Quest for Booty, check out our hands-on preview.

Carmack: Doom 4 Multiplayer to Beat Doom 3's Modes

While Doom 4 details have been light at QuakeCon 2008, id's John Carmack did announce that the FPS sequel's multiplayer mode will be more significant than the online modes found in Doom 3.

Saying the Doom 4 multiplayer experience will have a "much larger presence" than that found in the previous Doom title, the id president said that his company should have enough resources to create a satisfying online component to match the single player campaign.

"[Doom 4 multiplayer] will not be as good of a multiplayer as Quake Live is, but it should still be good, and we will intend it to be better than Doom 3 or Quake 4 multiplayer," said Carmack.

Rage Will Look Worse on 360 Due to Compression; Doom 4 and Rage Not Likely for Digital Distribution

The Xbox 360 edition of id's post-apocalyptic open-world shooter Rage (PC, PS3, 360, Mac) will look worse on the Xbox 360 due to the compression needed to fit the game's assets on two DVDs, id's John Carmack revealed at tonight's QuakeCon keynote.

According to Carmack, the royalty fees to include a third disc in the Xbox 360 version would be so high that it simply isn't a feasible solution, with the programmer hoping for Microsoft to make a concession. He stressed that the issue has nothing to do with the Xbox 360 hardware itself, and is merely a storage problem.

Carmack also noted his belief that neither Doom 4 or Rage will be digitally distributed, a likely result of expectations that each game will sport a massive file size.

During last year's QuakeCon talk, Carmack stated that the PlayStation 3 edition of Rage would ship on a single Blu-ray disc, with the PC and Mac versions likely to arrive in ...

Carmack Explains Why id Dropped Activision for EA, Denies 'Huge Falling Out'

During his impromptu and unscripted talk at this year's QuakeCon, id Software's John Carmack explained why EA is publishing Rage (PC, PS3, 360) instead of the company's traditional publishing partner Activision.

"It's easy for people outside to read more into something than is actually there," said Carmack. "We did not have a huge falling out with Activision or anything."

He stressed that Valve's positive experience with the EA Partners program was "very important to us" as was the personal involvement of EA CEO John Riccitiello. and that "Valve speaks very highly of their relationship with EA Partners."

Carmack's complete explanation follows:

The way we did it with Rage is, we've actually gone out and shopped the title three times. It's nice to know that we have the position where publishers will say, sight unseen, we'll give you this many million dollars. And s...

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