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| 2009-03-22 22:58 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SITE CHANGES! | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Please bear with me over the next week while site data is migrated over to FPSHQ.com 
Forums and user accounts have been migrated over to the new platform. Over the next few days the the site will be fully intergrated with the new platform and we'll also be going live with www.fpshq.com soon to be your number 1 First Person Shooter source! | |
| 2007-11-20 22:39 - some updates | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Just thought I'd post a little update as its been a very long time!
The site has been ticking along over the last few months and I've not really spent much time here. Well things are changing.
I have on order a brand new server that is around 20 times more powerful than the existing one. Of course I'm not upgrading just for the sake of it. (Well maybe but there are other reasons)
Some things planned in the pipeline.
Run some game servers, Q4, D3, ET:QW, COD4 and possibly Fear.
Re-intergrate D3HQ/Q4HQ into a single centralised site
Watch this space. Shortly before Christmas there should be an announcment with the changes to be made.
See ya! | |
| 2006-03-08 17:52 - We're back again! | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Hey guys!
First off an apology for the massive downtime we've had. As most of you are probably aware I had to move the site to different server however I had major problems with it and then right after that I took my vacation so didn't have any time to work on it as I was topping up my sun tan
Well after arriving back in the UK I was faced with loads of study for my Cisco CCNA course so I had to put the site on hold for a bit.
Well as you've probably figured by reading this, the site is back up again! I'll be hopefully updating it a bit over the coming weeks. As ever looking for assistance posting news.
[update]It appears there is a problem with the forum tables for Q4HQ. I'll take a look at this. Post a comment if you notice more bugs. D3HQ is up and working fine btw
See ya!
George | |
| 2005-12-22 00:13 - Official Quake 4 Map pack released! | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | ID Software have released 3 new official Quake 4 maps!
Deck the halls with Rails and Rockets... id Software, Raven, and Activision have released the Quakemas Map Pack - three free new downloadable maps for QUAKE 4 on the PC. The maps - Railed, Tremors, and Campground Redux - offer all-new gameplay environments for more intense action in deathmatch, TDM, capture-the-flag and tournament combat. Have fun with the maps and stay tuned for much more in 2006!
Click on the title links to see screenshots
Railed - q4tourney1
Set in an abandoned, rusting Strogg facility, this new map is all about close-quarters combat and hair-trigger reflexes as players hustle through the winding, multi-tiered corridors. Designed particularly for tournament play, Railed also supports Deathmatch and TDM game modes.
Quakemas - Tremors Tremors - q4ctf7
Built within a twisting underground cavern, Tremors demands tactical expertise. Enemies attack from above and below in the enormous, multi-tiered environment, making team-play invaluable. Perfect for large CTF games, the map also supports the Arena CTF mode.
Quakemas Campgrounds Redux Campgrounds Redux - q4dm9
A revitalization of a QUAKE III Arena classic. Excellent for any number of players, Campgrounds Redux supports Deathmatch, TDM and Tournament modes, where hard-core QUAKE fans can get crazy with this throw-back to one of their old favorites.
Head on over to the downloads section to get your copy now! Let us know you thoughts on the forums! | |
| 2005-12-03 03:51 - Quake 4: HardQore Media updates | | Posted by revility | more from same (Quake 4) | The Quake 4: HardQore website has been updated with two images of our work in progress Sarge model & one in game shot of the model in action. We also have two ingame screens of a work in progress map by Desmasic and two pieces of production art by Hellscafe
Progress wise, Phil has started coding the new camera system we will be using. If everything stays on track, we’ll have more to show in time for the Holidays, including shots of Nefarious’ Baby Eater model.
We are also still looking for more help! Positions include mappers, modelers, a musician and one more coder. You can learn more about these positions and see our new media updates for this 3d sidescrolling run-n-gun Q4 mod at http://www.hq.theredgorilla.com.
Enjoy!
Revility | |
| 2005-11-16 21:48 - New 1.0.4 Update | | Posted by Jammie_d | more from same (Quake 4) | | A new Quake 4 patch has been released. It updates the game to 1.04! Head on over to the downloads section here on Q4HQ and make sure you update your game . Check out the full news link to the right for the ReadMe contained within. | |
| 2005-11-06 11:54 - Want to preview xbox 360 pre release? | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | i26 a 1000 person LAN party will have a number of xbox 360's along with different games for you to preview.
i26 :
At i26 you'll be able to play on titles such as Dead or Alive 4, Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: Elements of Power. We have sixteen XBox consoles which will be can played on any time day or night - they're not just for display! |
You can find out more infomation here http://www.multiplay.co.uk/infoshow.asp?id=228
The event takes place next week at Newbury racecourse, UK. If your interested in joining the LAN party or just coming along to play the 360 head on over to the i26 website and sign up.
I'll be going to the LAN tourney. Playing in the Quake 4 area  - If any of you guys head on down there let me know and we can have a frag and a beer.
You can sign up Here. | |
| 2005-10-23 00:09 - Mod jumps ship from Doom 3 to Quake 4 | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Looks like the Quake 2: Lost Marine mod has jumped ship from Doom 3 onto Quake 4. I belive one of the main reasons for this will have been the improved net code and the bigger fan base Quake 4 seems be generating because of this.
Heres what they had to say on their website
| Thought I'd update you all and fill you in on what's going on with the mod. Some of you may not want to hear it, but the majority of the mods responses have guided me into this direction. I'm porting Quake II: Lost Marine over to Quake 4. Yep, there will be no further updates to the DOOM 3 version. I've already begun merging over to Quake 4. I'll have some screenshots up sometime soon. |
And incase your wondering what this mods all about its a remake of Quake 2. You can take a look at their site Here | |
| 2005-10-19 00:39 - Got a Quake 4 file? | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | If you have a Quake 4 file no matter how big or small send me a PM or mail via this site and I will get it added onto the server for you!
Keep checking the downloads section as I'm sure it will grow over the coming weeks. | |
| 2005-10-18 23:22 - Gamespot Rating towards Quake 4 | | Posted by Kev_Dawg | more from same (Quake 4) | The game we all been waiting for has just been released to the world. Now you question yourself, is the game any good?. Well for the rating Gamespot gave the game it's a little pathetic. There reason for the rating was the online part of the game wasn't as good as we thought it was going to be. Gamespot gave the game a 8.0 out of 10, and like I said I find that rating pathetic. I guess Quake 4 has followed the foot steps of Doom 3 with the down fall. I have never played the game but the rating of Quake 4 seems to be the same as when Doom 3 was released. Also if you like to comment about what I just said then feel free. For more info and to see the rating yourself click the url below.
Gamespot - Quake 4 | |
| 2005-10-17 22:11 - Press Release Q4 support at PunksBusted.com | | Posted by Terrynator | more from same (Quake 4) | I have a press release attached for you regarding PunksBusted.com support for Quake 4. PunksBusted feels this is important, especially to the admin community as well as the community in general.
As always. This is a free service, supported by the gaming community.
PunksBusted provides a feature where you can automatically update the punkbuster ban lists accross a wide range of servers.
See the full text for more | |
| 2005-10-16 18:47 - IGN post a Quake 4 Review | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | IGN have posted a Quake 4 review and gave it a 8.2/10
| Unlike previous installments, single-player is there in a big way, with a winding plot, a cast of characters voiced by Hollywood actors, objective-based gameplay, light squad tactics, and countless set pieces. In fact, so much effort was put into the single-player presentation that the amount of multiplayer seems to have suffered as a result. For one reason or another, the franchise's priorities have zigged instead of zagged, and what we have now is MP maps with a 16-player cap, with only the Tournament Mode distinguishing it from the usual setup of deathmatch, team deathmatch and CTF. |
Could we be disapointed with the multiplayer side of Quake 4? Or is the 16 player limit a limitation of using the Doom 3 engine?
Check out the article Here | |
| 2005-10-07 15:53 - Quake4Game.com has been updated! | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Quake4Game.com has been updated!
Definatly worth checking out! There some downloads, screenshots, links to Quake 4 websites (this one included ) and lots more!
And if you've come via Quake4Game.com take a moment to register and join our awesome community website. If you joined Doom3HeadQuarters previously then your login will also work here. If your interesting in making mods maps or anything else for Quake 4 and need some somewhere to host the files we'll happily host them.
Enjoy. | |
| 2005-09-24 23:26 - PunkBusterâ„¢ to be used in Quake 4 | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Many of you Doom 3 fans will have noticed the addition of PunkBusterâ„¢ to the game from a recent patch. It has just been announced that Quake 4 will also be using PunkBusterâ„¢ to deter cheating in game.
Activision have contracted Even Balance to integrate their PunkBusterâ„¢ Anti-Cheat software into Quake 4. | |
| 2005-09-24 22:20 - Edge sit down with the ID Team | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | | Todd Hollenshead and Tim Willits sat down with Edge and discussed Quake 4's progress covering the games development on both the XBOX and PC. The October issue of Edge is now on sale in shops across the UK. For more info Click Here. | |
Tim Willits :
The first-person market has, of course, exploded. Technology-wise, John Carmack is still the technology leader with the paradigm of the bump, specular, height and local map, and a lot of companies have to now do that with their own engines. But we can all make fun games and have them sell reasonably well, and so long as supply doesn't outweigh demand, I think we can all benefit. It's exciting to see the different directions in which those companies have taken the genre - some folks in storytelling, some folks in physics and so on into whole new worlds. |
Todd Hollenshead :
I still believe that Doom 3 is the best looking technology on the PC that you can buy, even a year after it shipped. If you start with a base like that you really don't run away from it, and the two games are very different. The fact that we like making atmospheric games doesn't mean that they can't differ in style. Quake 4 is very much an action romp, and it's in contract to what Doom 3 was. |
Tim Willits :
Quake III was one of the most licensed engines and the Doom 3 engine is actually capable of rendering more varied environments than that one was. It's just that the art style of Doom 3 and Quake 4 are pretty similar. You can only build a space station in so many ways. If you look at some of the Prey stuff, you can see that, in certain areas at least, they've taken it in a cool direction. But any time you have the bumpmapped, stencil-shadowed world, it's going to have Doom signature to it. And the more you see technology advancing down specific paths the more that signature's going to become apparent. But there's still a lot of room to grow that technology up. |
You can read the rest of the article in the Edge magazine. | |
| 2005-06-22 04:11 - Techspot Quake 4 round up | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Techspot have got a small preview of Quake 4.
Let’s remember for a second that Quake III was developed as a multiplayer-oriented game, and Doom III, the latest game to be developed in-house by id, was supposedly set to bring back single-player action to its titles, that did not happen for many quality-wise, at least.
Quake 4 is a true sequel for Quake II, and gamers will play as a marine named Matthew Kane, a member of a military unit called the Rhino Squad. This should seem odd for people that played the first three Quake games, because this is the first time that we know the name of the character we are playing. The marines are supposed to be securing and cleaning up the planet Stroggos, which is the home planet of the Strogg aliens
It makes an interesting read and should wet your appetite in the run up to the release.
Check it out Here. | |
| 2005-06-12 17:43 - QuakeCon Tournament Details Announced | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | The guys over at Quakecon have posted a press release with info on the tournament games to be played at the upcoming Quakecon 2005
THE NVIDIA® CHAMPIONSHIPS AT QUAKECON 2005
TOURNAMENT LINE UP INCLUDES A LITTLE OLD SCHOOL, A LITTLE NEW SCHOOL, AND $150,000 IN CASH
Inaugural QUAKE III Arena® Ms. QuakeCon Championship
For the first time, QuakeCon will feature an all-female QUAKE III Arena Deathmatch tournament where some of the baddest female gamers will test their mettle in head-to-head combat for bragging rights and $30,000 in prize money. Visit the QuakeCon Web site, www.quakecon.org for registration and details on tournament rules and prize money distribution.
QUAKE II® Retro-Deathmatch Championship
For many hardcore gamers, QUAKE II is the game that sharpened their multiplayer skills to a razor’s edge. At the NVIDIA Championships at QuakeCon 2005, 128 players will frag, talk trash, and frag some more, fighting for a share of $20,000 in prize money. For official tournament rules and prize money distribution, teams can visit www.quakecon.org.
Real the Full Text for the entire press release | |
| 2005-06-05 17:22 - Gamespy have a new Quake 4 preview | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Gamespy have got a new Quake 4 preview up on their site.
"As Raven has been building QUAKE 4 with the DOOM 3 engine for a little over three years now, the technology has continued to evolve, with Raven adding improved environmental effects and redoing a lot of network code. In addition to handling large-scale outdoor areas, you'll also get to control vehicles on occasion, the most common of which will be a hovertank and a mech walker. We did get to see the walker in action, putting Kane in combat against a number of similarly towering enemies, providing a nice change of pace to the other scenes throughout our demo."
You can check out the entire 3 page preview Here. | |
| 2005-06-05 16:58 - IGN Todd Hollenshead Interview | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | IGN have another Quake 4 interview this time with Todd Hollenshead (ID CEO). They talk Quake 4's story line, gameplay, multiplayer, and of course the Doom 3 engine from which Quake 4 is built upon.
"IGN: Do you think we'll see a Quake 4 test for the multiplayer before the game comes out?
Todd: That's a good question. I think what we'll want to do is test the networking, because we've pretty much redone all the networking and we like to get the community to test that and make sure that it's going to be solid before the game is done. We'll have to see as we get closer to completion of both the single-player and the multiplayer elements of the game as to how that's going to work out.
When you say "test," it kind of makes me think of Quake Test and QIII Test. In both those situations, it was a very early look at what the multiplayer was like. Quake III Test, I believe, came out in February, and the game came out in December, so that's nearly ten month in between. I think that one of the things that we learned from that is that we like to have all of the elements of the multiplayer done and not use it as much as a gameplay testing, but to really test the technology, so you would see a much more polished version of it if I could draw it up and have it be the way I wanted it to be."
You can read the full interview Here. | |
| 2005-06-05 16:54 - IGN Tim Willits interview | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | IGN sat down with Tim Willits (ID level designer) and asked him about the story line and many more things
"IGN: How will the enemy AI in Quake IV be different and/or improved upon than Doom III?
Tim: First, the AI is different. It's a different system than the Doom III AI. You use a buddy system that's built from the Raven team, which is improved and enhanced over Soldier of Fortune and Elite Force. We're leveraging those experiences in Quake IV with all sorts of stuff. Your AI will run for cover and call for support. They'll do some rushing, while another one guy hold back. The AI doesn't like it when you shoot you. (Laughs) With the Strogg, they use cover nodes, zones of fire, strategic snipe points, and they are fully aware of the environment."
You can read the full interview Here. | |
| 2005-06-05 16:48 - Quake 4 announced for XBOX 360 | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | MESQUITE, Texas, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- id Software(TM) announced today that it is bringing QUAKE 4(TM) to the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Currently in development by Raven Software in cooperation with id Software, the game will be debuted at the E3 Expo in Activision's booth #1224 in the South Hall on May 18 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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"QUAKE 4 utilizes the power of our groundbreaking DOOM 3; engine to transport players into a war-torn science-fiction universe graphically realized like never before," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "We're excited to bring the next generation experience to a new breed of console game fans."
QUAKE 4 is the first game to utilize id Software's revolutionary DOOM 3 technology. In the game, you are Matthew Kane, an elite member of Rhino Squad and Earth's valiant invasion force. Fight alone, with your squad, and in hover tanks and mechanized walkers as you engage in a heroic mission into the heart of the Strogg war machine. But, in this epic war between worlds, the only way to defeat the Strogg is to become one of them. Battle through early missions as a deadly marine, then after your capture as a marine-turned-Strogg with enhanced abilities and the power to turn the tide of the war.
QUAKE 4 has not yet been rated by the ESRB. For more information on Raven Software, please visit www.ravensoft.com. | |
| 2005-05-18 01:06 - Some previous Quake 4 news | | Posted by George | more from same (Quake 4) | Some of you might be wondering about some of the older Quake 4 news between 2001 and the present day. Well below is a brief summary.
14th May 2005
A short preview shown at MTV is released. (A full high res trailer can now be found in the downloads section)
13th May 2005
Activision announce Quake 4 will be featured in this years Quakecon
7th May 2005
Gamespy sit down with Kevin Long of ID Software and discuss Art and Design for Quake 4. More can be found Here.
4th May 2005
IGN interview Tim Willits from ID Software and talk to him about the sounds and music in Quake 4. More can be found Here
16th April 2005
Bluesnews post some details on the Quake 4 storyline. More info can be found Here.
5th April 2005
Todd Hollenshead suggests there might be a playable demo of Quake 4 at this years Quakecon. Source.
I can confirm this is true and Quake4HQ will be there to try it out and give you all the juicy details! | |
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