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News
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Review
Videos
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(58)Cheats and Walkthroughs
Quake may come to consoles, but not in the form we expected. id Software was teasing Quake III: Arena for Xbox Live for a while, before revealing that publishers weren't behind the project and id's focus was moving to the web-based Quake Live. But has the popularity of Quake Live re-ignited the studio's interest in producing a multiplayer-only shooter for consoles? I've found evidence it's possible.
id is currently looking for a game programmer to work on the company's Quake Live project. Said programmer would is required to have experience working on both PC and web platforms, but both Xbox 360, Xbox Live and PlayStation 3 work are listed as bonuses to prospective applicants.
This runs contrary what id was telling G4tv.com earlier this year.
"The core concept here is that one of the major things that PCs do much better than consoles is the web browsing experience... PCs are still just plain better than consoles at that," said co-founder John Carmack. "It also allows you to use a mouse and keyboard. Well, the PS3 does, but the XMB web browser isn't that great -- I wouldn't expect it to support anything like Quake Live."
While it's hardly confirmation Quake Live is coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, id's flirtation with Quake III: Arena makes the idea plausible, even if id was dismissing the concept while launching Quake Live earlier this year. Considering Quake Live still hasn't come to Mac or Linux, though, console ports seem a little ways off.
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ProjektX13
keep this on the PC
Jooseph
I'm not sure people would pay to play Quake Live on their console through PSN and XBLA when they can play it for free on the PC with a keyboard and mouse. I could see it working with a 360 or PS3 controller, but some games, especially if they were originally built to play on a computer using a keyboard and mouse(Unreal Tournament, Marathon, etc.), are much better when played with a keyboard and mouse.
DPsx72
If it supports M/KB I say let them do it. This game is pretty good, but ever since the beta ended they foolishly cut Win 2K support so now I can't play it (even though it worked perfectly during the beta). And as for all shooters, they NEED M/Kb support. UT3 did it, why can't everyone else include proper controls?
Sandrock323
I've played Quake Live and as a shooter, it's not bad. I was going to use it as a game I could play at my brothers when other people are using the TV, but that whole mouse and keyboard are better crap has dashed that idea all together. If only these PC devs would stop kissing a** all the time to the PC nutjobs and support everyone, I might just get more use out of my gaming PC.
Redd75
First SODAPOP, now FIGNUTZ. Does Bloodknight know something we don't?
maxdavid217
i agree consles wouldnt work
BloodKnight86
FIGNUTZ
codered1212
i dont think something like quake live would work on consoles, keep it on the pc
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