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Id Software's Quake II received the ray tracing treatment in 2019, and similar support came to Doom Eternal last year. Now, it's time for the game that...

After revolutionizing PC gaming with Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, id Software pulled off a hat trick with Quake, released on June 22, 1996. Quake mixed polygonal 3D graphics, networking, and grunge into a groundbreaking hit with wide influence. Here’s what made it special.

Celebrate 25 years of raiding tombs across multiple generations of gaming hardware with 25 things you probably never knew about Tomb Raider and its iconic main character.

Shacknews is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Quake--and of Shacknews--by serializing Rocket Jump: Quake and the Golden Age of First-Person Shooters --our flagship long read exploring the making of id Softwares Quake trilogy, the culture inside id during development of Quake 1, 2, and 3, and the impact ids games had on the FPS genre. Every week in June, well post another chapter offering unprecedented, behind-the-scenes access into one of the most influential games ever made. In todays chap...

If youve been perusing our website lately, youve likely noticed all the coverage of our 25th-anniversary celebration. What you may not know is that Shacknews isnt the only old dog with a silver anniversary in 2021. id Softwares Quake made its debut on June 22, 1996 (that would be 25 years ago this week!). Quake was a technical marvel for its time, ushering in the mainstream adoption of multiplayer deathmatch and 3D accelerators. It would spawn several massively successful sequels and serve as t...

Learning the ins and outs of their most advanced game engine yet, id Softwares developers follow their muses to create Quakes four distinct episodes.

Following the release of Doom 2, id Software wrestles with bleeding-edge technology and internal strife over what type of game to make next.