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RIP #idSoftware. 40 years of gaming history murdered by #Microsoft. idTech 6 will probably be the last version of this great engine, because all the engineers are gone. The studio is dead. This hurts almost more than the destruction of Arkane Studios.

„Sorry, Sandy“ – John Carmack bedauert das Ende des „Quake”-Teams Nachdem 1996 der erste echte 3D-Shooter erschien, verließen zahlreiche Entwickler id Software. Einer der letzten Streits von damals ist nun beigelegt. https://www.heise.de/news/Sorry-Sandy-John-Carmack-bedauert-das-Ende-des-Quake-Teams-11347158.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #idSoftware #Journal #Spiele #Softwareentwicklung #news

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Likely to LAN Party: Quake Before Twitch streams there were cables, pizza & Quake. You had to be there (literally). See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/celebrating-thirty-years-of-the-internet-archive-with-the-class-of-1996/#Classof96 #idSoftware #bethesda #Doom

An interesting version of Wolfenstein 3D with an isometric view. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S59w7Qeu9D4#retrogaming #retrocomputers #gaming #wolf3d #doom #idsoftware