Kotaku: Rage

Doom Developers Hit With Layoffs

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:39:00 EST

An "undisclosed number" of staff at Doom and RAGE developers id Software have been let go. [Gamasutra] More »

Rage Demo Now On Xbox Live; Hits PS3 Dec. 6

Brian Crecente — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:20:00 EST

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Rage, id Software's beloved and detested blending of post-apocalyptic combat racing and first-person shooter, finally has a demo. More »

Let's Play Peekaboo with Guns

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:00:00 EDT

Here, in this Rage clip, wonky A.I. leads to deadly child's play. Peekaboo? More like peekabang. More »

The Pretty Ladies, Mutants & Busted Old Cars of RAGE's Wasteland

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:00:00 EDT

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Today's Fine Art features two men who worked on RAGE, id's recently-released desert shooter. One helped design (and build) the game's cars. The other, the game's mutants. More »

Snoop Dogg Explains a Waffle Maker, Feeds Chicken, And Talks Scented Candles

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:20:00 EDT

Rage's Wasteland is a mean bitch. There are essentials you are going to need to survive, like TV remote controls, dirty mags, and firepower. Who better to explain that than Snoop? More »

PC Gamers, You Should Update Your Graphics Card Drivers This Week

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:30:00 EDT

It's been a big month for PC games, and things are about to get even bigger, so if you've been lazy and forgotten to update your graphics card drivers, you're going to want to fix that. More »

UPDATE: Doom 4 "Indefinitely Postponed" Following Rage's Disappointing Launch

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:30:00 EDT

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A source claiming to be close to the publishers of the recently-launched Rage has told Kotaku that, at a recent "company wide" meeting held in Dallas, Bethesda and parent company Zenimax made the decision to "indefinitely postpone" development of Doom 4. More »

Rage Creators Were Unprepared for Tough Questions, Reporter Asserts

Kirk Hamilton — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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You may recall that a couple of weeks ago, Gamasutra's Brandon Sheffield ran an interview with id Software's CEO Todd Hollenshead about Rage. In the interview, Sheffield expressed some doubts about the game, and wasn't convinced by many of Hollenshead's answers. It was a solid piece of journalism, and as our own Stephen Totilo pointed out, it's the kind of interview we could use more of. More »

Rage Viewed from the Inside and the Underside

Brian Crecente — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:40:00 EDT

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There appears to be a number of ways to drop yourself beneath the skin of Rage. This one, by hidden rebel elevator, seems the most convenient. More »

Rage: The Kotaku Review

Brian Crecente — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EDT

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It doesn't really hit me until about half way through the game. I've been spending so much time worrying over the trick of staying alive that I haven't notice just how insignificant I am. More »

Why The Deathmatch Kings Left Deathmatch out of Rage

Brian Crecente — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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They invented the term, so why isn't deathmatch available in Rage? More »

Watch a Man Shoot a Home-Made Rocket Called Quake all the way Into Space

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:30:00 EDT

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Among amateur rocket-launching circles, there's a bounty called "The Carmack Prize". It's named for id boss, Doom co-creator and budding rocket scientist John Carmack, and will reward anyone who can get a home-made rocket 100,000 feet into space and capture some GPS data from it. More »

RAGE's PC Version has Been Updated, Might be Better now

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 01:30:00 EDT

The PC launch of id's anticipated shooter RAGE has been, well, a "Cluster!@#$". And that's in the developer's words. Does a massive update released over the weekend help things? More »

Easter Egg Gives Breaking Bad a Cameo in Rage

Owen Good — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EDT

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Appropriately enough, the season four finale of Breaking Bad is on AMC tomorrow night. You may recall that, in late August, Rage made a strange cameo in the meth-slinging drama, in which someone plays the game with a light gun. Well, Rage has returned the favor with a Breaking Bad prop cameo of its own. More »

Why Was The PC Launch of Rage Such A "Cluster!@#$"?

Brian Crecente — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:20:00 EDT

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The idea from the start was a game that blurred the lines between how games looked on console and PC. More »

id Explains How to Tweak the Most Out of PC Rage, More Official Settings Coming Soon

Brian Crecente — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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The PC version of Rage will soon have a bevy of new ways for gamers to tweak the way the game behaves and looks on their system, id Software tells Kotaku. More »

How To Get Rage To Run On Your PC, An id Software Guide

Brian Crecente — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

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The computer version of Rage hasn't exactly been trouble free for some folks trying to play id Software's latest creation. I haven't run into any over issues, but I've got a high-end tower that I just ran through a massive driver update. That's not the norm. More »

More than Just Asteroids Crash to Earth In Rage

Matthew Buzzi — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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The post-apocalyptic world of Rage was created by an asteroid impact in the year 2029. You'd have to assume the lucky survivors would rather not see objects plummet from the sky, right? More »

In Case You are Wondering, I Am Playing RAGE at 5760 x 1080 Pixel Resolution

Joel Johnson — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:20:00 EDT

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When Nvidia was in the Kotaku offices the other day showing off, well, something we can't quite talk about yet, they noticed we didn't have a dedicated gaming PC. (All of Kotaku's gaming rigs are in the homes of our writers, including mine.) So they had Falcon Northwest cook up a nice little rig—Intel i7 2600K (with a splash of overclocking), 4GB o'RAM, and a couple of GTX580 cards with a grand-and-a-half of onboard RAM in SLI—and let us use it for a while. More »

Finding a Little Doom in Your Rage

Brian Crecente — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:20:00 EDT

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There are plenty of Doom coffee mugs laying around in the world of Rage. But that's not the little bit of Doom I'm talking about, I'm talking about some retro gameplay. More »

PlayStation Gamers Choose Dark Souls Over Rage...at Kmart

Mike Fahey — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:08:00 EDT

According to a surprised Kmart Gamer, the avatar of all things gaming and Kmart related, the PlayStation 3 version of Dark Souls outsold Rage on the PS3 yesterday, defying expectations, while Rage reigned supreme on the Xbox 360. [Twitter] More »

Six Minutes With Rage's Lethal Pet Bots, Racing and Ballistic Bliss

Brian Crecente — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

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I'm still chugging my way through Rage, but so far I've grown quite attached to a game that feels like it comes into its own over the course of its dozen-hour-or-so campaign. More »

How To Find Quake Inside Rage

Brian Crecente — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:20:00 EDT

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Earlier today we posted our walk-through video showing how you to find a little bit of Wolfenstein 3D inside id Software's Rage. Here's a look at how to find Quake in the game. More »

In Praise of Tough Questions

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT

I heard yesterday that games journalist Brandon Sheffield gave a tough interview to some of the guys who made Rage, this week's big new first-person shooter. More »

Rage, ATI, and the Battlefield 3 Beta Don't Mix

Mike Fahey — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:20:02 EDT

Is your PC version of Rage crashing to the desktop? Do you have an ATI graphics card? Bethesda's Pete Hines tweets that a conflict between ATI's Battlefield 3 beta drivers and Rage might be the cause. Time for a rollback! More »

How To Find the Wolfenstein Room Inside of Rage

Chris Carolan — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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Everybody kind of remembers Wolfenstein 3D, I personally remember it as that game I secretly played while my parents were working. This quick walkthrough will show you how to get to the secret Wolfenstein 3D room, an easter egg nestled within the very first mission of the game. More »

Rage Runs Fine on My PC; What About Yours?

Brian Crecente — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:20:00 EDT

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While I haven't had any issues running id Software's Rage on my high-end computer, it seems that there are a number of issues plaguing folks checking out the game on their rigs this morning. More »

Game Reviewers Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Rage

Mike Fahey — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:00:00 EDT

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Yes, I'm remixing lines from Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night", but only because game reviewers' mixed reactions to id Software's Rage have my head spinning. More »

RAGE Has Been a Long, Long Time Coming

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:30:00 EDT

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It's not every day you get to play a new id game. If you're not counting iPhone games (and we're not counting iPhone games) or re-releases, the last new title the studio released was Doom 3. And that was in 2004. More »

Should You Buy Rage? Yes.

Brian Crecente — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT

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id Software's Rage is out there ready to be purchased, or rented, and played. But should you invest the time and money? Here's Kotaku's Gut Check: More »

To Do in Dallas This Evening: Stalk Rage's Creators

Mike Fahey — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:40:00 EDT

Dallas-based id Software has a big title coming out tonight, so Tim Willits, Matt Hooper, John Carmack, and other key members of the Rage team will be hanging out at a GameStop, just like everyone else. Show them some love. More »

Time To Pre-Load Rage on Steam

Brian Crecente — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:30:00 EDT

If you've pre-ordered Rage on Steam, now is the time to start pre-loading id's next big game so you're ready to play on your PC come midnight Tuesday ET. More »

How To Master the Fine Art Of Rage's Rage Frenzy

Brian Crecente — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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Rage isn't just a shooter. Or a driver. Or a shooting driver. Or a sorta action game. Or a sorta role-playing game. It's also a post-apocalyptic game closet: A place where you can go to spend hours soaking in future Earth's take on card, music and dice games. Oh! And even play a little finger filet. More »

Oh Well, Looks Like Rage Probably Ain't Happening

Mike Fahey — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:40:00 EDT

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Oh don't worry, id's latest and greatest is still scheduled to come out next week; it's premise just got a little bit weaker, as NASA reveals there are fewer apocalypse-causing asteroids rocketing through space than we once thought. More »

Jackal Canyon Is Not A Friendly Place

Brian Crecente — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EDT

This final Rage gameplay video gives us a look at Jackal Canyon in id Software's upcoming Rage. More »

Rage will require 3 Discs on 360, 8 GB Install on PS3

Owen Good — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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At Eurogamer Expo, the creative director for Rage confirmed that the game will release on three discs for the Xbox 360, and for PS3 owners, require an 8 GB install. More »

A Desperate Plea for Triple-A Game Delays

Mike Fahey — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:20:00 EDT

In today's totally timely episode of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Mindsale would like to have a word with the publishers of this fall's biggest video games. More »

Rage System Requirements Are Fittingly Barren

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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Is your PC up for id Software's version of a post-apocalypse? Can you play Rage as God and John Carmack intended? Why not check the Windows version's system requirements, just in case you need a last minute hardware upgrade? More »

In Crystal Meth Wonderland You Can Play Rage With a Light Gun

Mike Fahey — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:40:00 EDT

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Dealing with the guilt of shooting someone in the head, Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman winds down with the special light gun version of id Software's Rage. More »

Rage's Subwaytown is My Kinda Town

Brian Crecente — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:11:34 EDT

We're all big, BIG fans of Rage over here at Kotaku. I've already played three hours of the shooter, driving role-playing game and I can't wait to play more. For now, though, I'm going to have to make do with this new gameplay video created just for this week's PAX. More »