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id not Rage-ing in '09

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Mar 9, 2009 1:50 pm PT

CEO Todd Hollenshead tells GameTrailers his studio's open-world postapocalyptic actioner won't arrive on the Mac, PC, PS3, or Xbox 360 this year.

Until it issues a definitive proclamation, id Software traditionally responds to inquiries about a game's release date with the mantra "When it's done." However, this past weekend saw an exception to that rule when Todd Hollenshead let slip that the Doom developer's upcoming game Rage won't arrive in 2009.

"2010?! But I'm bloodthirsty now!"

"No, it won't be out this year," the id CEO stated flatly in a GameTrailers TV interview posted last Friday. Geoff Keighley, the show's host, later confirmed the negative statement via his Twitter feed.

The news comes as a blow to those anticipating Rage, which was first shown to the public at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in 2007. In development for the Mac, PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, the not-quite-open-world action game will let players drive around a postapocalyptic hellscape, Road Warrior-style.

Instead of said film's mohawked motorcyclists in seatless chaps, the game features bloodthirsty mutants who roam the wastelands between human settlements. To fight them off, players will be able to mount all manner of weapons on their vehicles, as outlined in GameSpot's QuakeCon preview.

With Rage not due until 2010 at the earliest, only one game bearing the id label will arrive this year. The suburban-Dallas-based studio is executive-producing Wolfenstein, the relaunch of the Nazis-meet-demons franchise in development at Madison, Wisconsin-based Raven Software. id is also in the early stages of development on Doom 4, the latest installment in its genre-establishing shooter series.

120 Comments

  • PG213

    Posted Mar 16, 2009 7:18 am PT

    why hasn't this been set straight yet ?

    He clearly says 'It'll be out this year'.

  • skywarp001

    Posted Mar 15, 2009 2:39 pm PT

    get it together ID!

  • parrot_of_adun

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 5:17 pm PT

    Oh well.

    Can't really complain considering Borderlands is arriving before Halloween. Not that they're that similar, but they look as though they'll satisfy the same interests, and Borderlands looks to be a better game.

    Still can't wait for Rage though...

  • HUNTER-VENOM

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 3:13 pm PT

    Oh yeah Rage looks awsome.......

  • HUNTER-VENOM

    Posted Mar 12, 2009 3:12 pm PT

    Doom 4 better not be like part 3 because that was boring as hell! I would rather see them updating Doom's basic *left right* shooting to todays FPS standards and bring back all the old demons and some new,update there looks to todays standards of awesomeness and bring it back to the mindless demon shooter that it was! not the *scare moment* game that it became that was crap.

  • JACKAL1883

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 5:07 pm PT

    I can't wait to see ID's Tech 5 engine in action. it's a bummer i won't see it this year but i can't get mad they are building a new engine so take your time and do it right ID. then you will see ID Tech 5 engine at the start of every game instead of unreal.

  • X-RS

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 1:09 pm PT

    considering hearing about all the layoffs from other companies, it ain't much of a surprise.

  • TheImporter

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 9:44 am PT

    Okay, so I might not be going crazy, because I swear I heard him say "No, it'll be out this year." Good to know I'm not alone.

  • funnysplay

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 9:43 am PT

    I dont know that much about rage, other than it looks freakin awsome!
    But if they need an extra year to make it that much better ill wait.
    Not like i got a choice now anyway.

  • funnysplay

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 9:42 am PT

    I dont know that much about rage, other than it looks freakin awsome!
    But if they need an extra year to make it that much better ill wait.
    Not like i got a choice now anyway.

  • Nintendo_Ownes7

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 7:56 am PT

    I can't wait for both Wolfenstein and Rage; I'm kind've disappointed that Rage wouldn't make it this year.

  • thenephariouson

    Posted Mar 11, 2009 2:11 am PT

    solidstein
    "if any of you people truly think the next MS console will have Blu-Ray you are truly mistaken why would MS make a console were they would have to pay royaltys to sony for every disc they make "

    For the same reason Sony make laptops & Desktop PC's and having to pay MS for every single unit they make, TO MAKE MONEY! Blu Ray has obviously taken off and has been accepted as the 'Next Medium' therefore MS will simply follow suite. BR isnt really a major requirement at the moment, but as this game shows, it will become neccesary to hold game data (excluding mind numbing FMV).

  • gmreedy

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 3:48 pm PT

    @matt
    He's probably saying it was the first "good" FPS out there, making it the grandaddy of all FPS's.
    And yes, Gamespot is wrong, its coming out this year.

  • Henninger

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 2:41 pm PT

    That sucks. I wuz lookin 4ward 2 this game.

  • paul52181

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 1:54 pm PT

    fix your article gamenotonspot, because wolfenstein was before doom....

  • guardofdead

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 1:22 pm PT

    if you listen closely the guy askes ,will it be out this year or next year, and then the game guy says no, it WILL be out this year ( as he shakes his head yes)

  • mattcake

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 1:10 pm PT

    Since when was Doom a "genre founder"? To say that in the same sentence as referencing Wolfenstein and to not realise Wolfenstein 3D came first is sacriligeous Shame on you gamespot Yes I'm old

  • Yawhat

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 12:38 pm PT

    ok if you go on to the gametrailers vid he says no, we'll be out this year. on top of that if you put you mouse over the bar where the rage talk starts it says ids 2009 opus rage exposed. it will be out this year. this is the third site ive seen make this mistake.

  • squidracerX

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 12:02 pm PT

    I can't tell what he said in the video
    It was either -
    HOST: "So we are probably looking at NEXT YEAR release right? not this year?". ID GUY: "No, we'll be out this year."
    or
    ID GUY: "No, it wont be out this year."
    But I can't tell which!? Either way i don't care i have enough games to play.....

  • Fed__X

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 11:52 am PT

    Why wouldn't microsoft want Blu-ray? You can have like 60 something layer disk! maybe they should do some reasearch on an UBER CD-Rom Format or some kind of ultra FLOPPY.

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