Piracy “A Hidden Benefit”

Eurogamer’s Editor caught up with John Carmack and Todd Hollenshead for a little interview, the subjects being id’s Tech5 licensing, Digital Distribution and ofcourse, what they think about Piracy. And surprisingly, id views Piracy as a hidden benefit to developers:

Todd Hollenshead: There’s lots of things that they could do but typically just they just line up on the wrong side of the argument in my opinion. They have lots of reasons as to why they do that, but I think that there’s been this dirty little secret among hardware manufacturers, which is that the perception of free content - even if you’re supposed to pay for it on PCs - is some sort hidden benefit that you get when you buy a PC, like a right to download music for free or a right to download pirated movies and games.

EA gets RAGED

 

id Software’s latest project, RAGE, will be published by EA. More details of RAGE will be made available in QuakeCon 2008.

EA has signed an agreement to publish RAGE, the next blockbuster from id Software, the inventors of the first person shooter. Built on the id Tech5 engine, RAGE will be released on the PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(TM) videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, PC and Macintosh(R) computers. More information about RAGE will be available at QuakeCon 2008 in Dallas, Texas from July 31st to August 2nd. More information about QuakeCon is available at www.quakecon.org.

King’s Bounty: The Legend Artwork

New artwork for the upcoming turn-based-RPG from IC Interactive. In King’s Bounty: The Legend, Your character travels in real-time across lands and waters, into the underground and across the skies, searching for treasures, getting equipment, developing multiple skills and fulfilling orders of kings to promote career. When fighting enemies the game switches into Tactics mode. You can control the troops on the battle arena, use the spell book and summon powerful Spirits of Rage. 4 new pieces of artwork after the break. Read more