The first world championship for the upcoming Quake Champions will take place on August 26 in Dallas, Texas at the eponymous QuakeCon.

My Weekend Hanging Out With PC Gaming's Most Hardcore Players

Nathan Grayson

4/18/16 1:00pm

Face-to-face LAN parties—local game gatherings, usually PC-focused—just aren’t what they used to be in this modern, always connected age. Not even one of the biggest in the world can escape time. But the thousands of PC gamers who gather in Texas every summer are pushing off the inevitable as heroically as they can.

New Doom Combines Old And New, With Mixed Results

Nathan Grayson

7/27/15 6:30pm

I played a couple matches of the new Doom over the weekend at QuakeCon. I come to you bearing Thoughts.

How The Elder Scrolls Online Plans To Dole Out Justice To Its Players

Mike Fahey

7/20/14 11:00am

During the "Future of Elder Scrolls Online" panel at Quakecon this weekend, Zenimax Online Studios explained how it plans on bringing wholesome thievery, mass murder and retribution to its massively multiplayer online world.

Stephen Totilo

7/18/14 6:54pm

John Romero Tweeted that he visited Id Software today. He's in Dallas for Quakecon. No word on what he was doing at the studio he co-founded, but hopefully they're letting him play some of the new Doom. Romero co-created the original Doom and Quake before leaving id in 1996.

Doom 4 Is A Reboot. And It's Not Called Doom 4.

Luke Plunkett

7/17/14 8:10pm

The game's been in development... hell for years now, but today at QuakeCon, id is showing off the first actual footage of Doom 4.

Luke Plunkett

7/17/14 7:35pm

Jason Schreier

1/30/14 11:10am

QuakeCon is moving to July this year—Bethesda's annual convention, usually held in August, will instead take place from July 17-20 in Dallas. No word on whether Doom creator John Carmack, usually the premiere speaker, will be on stage now that he no longer works for Id.

No Bethesda Games Coming To Wii U Anytime Soon

Gergo Vas

8/07/13 6:30am

In a recent interview at QuakeCon, Bethesda's Pete Hines explained to Joystiq why they're not bringing any of their upcoming titles—The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within—to Nintendo's console in the near future:

The Most Popular PC at QuakeCon Belonged to This Guy

Tim Poon

8/05/13 2:20pm

This past weekend in Dallas, Texas, a gamer known as Chris "Fukubear" stepped away from the PC he had hauled to the cavernous Bring Your Own Computer area of QuakeCon 2013. When he returned, his computer had transformed into a multi-colored display of human nature.

30 Minutes Of The Elder Scrolls Online And The Final Dishonored DLC

Gergo Vas

8/05/13 11:00am

Last weekend's QuakeCon was not only about tournaments and John Carmack. Bethesda Softworks and Arkane both showed new gameplay footages from their upcoming titles: The Elder Scrolls Online and Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches, which will be the final downloadable content for the game.

Three Must-See Quake III Matches Of QuakeCon 2013

Gergo Vas

8/02/13 9:40am

This year's QuakeCon kicked off yesterday, not just with John Carmack's annual marathon keynote, but with some skillful Quake III duels.

Watch John Carmack's QuakeCon Keynote Live, Right Here

Tina Amini

8/01/13 5:20pm

QuakeCon 2013 officially begins today in Dallas, TX. You won't want to miss legendary developer John Carmack kicking things off on stage. His previous appearances have always been educational. Hell, we might even hear some more about Doom 4!

Tina Amini

8/01/13 1:15pm

QuakeCon 2013 begins today in Dallas, TX. John Carmack will be back on stage with a keynote presentation at 5:30pm eastern time that we'll have streaming live on Kotaku for you. Hang tight.

Evan Narcisse

2/26/13 11:15am

Start packing your gaming PC for a roadtrip. QuakeCon will be happening August 1-4 in Dallas this year. More info here.

A Closer Look at the "Woodstock" of Video Games

Luke Plunkett

9/27/12 3:00am

One of the highlights of QuakeCon each year is the baked-in LAN party, in which 3000 people get together in a giant hall, plug their desktop PCs into a desk and just go at it.

id's John Carmack Gets a Reminder on How Mario Used to Kick Our Ass

Luke Plunkett

8/03/12 3:30am

Here's a short, cute clip from id boss John Carmack's keynote address at this year's QuakeCon, in which the brutality of Super Mario Bros. 3 is compared to the more pedestrian Mario games of today.