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First Public QuakeLive Footage In HD

Posted by Soulskill on from the impressive dept.

QuakeMaster33 writes "The first public footage of id Software's upcoming Quake Live title comes in the form of a collection of high definition videos from tournament matches held at QuakeCon 2008. The event held a 1v1 and CTF tournament with prize money totaling $25,000. Included in the video set is the finals match between the 17-year-old Belarusian Alexey "cypher" Yushanevsky and the American John "ZeRo4" Hill. All of the videos are available for download or streaming via Flash video. QuakeLive, which is currently in the public beta testing phase, is a free, web-based version of Quake III Arena which includes updated graphics and gameplay. On the developer front for QuakeLive, id has plans for custom maps, but mod support is far behind. On the Linux front, id Software's resident Linux guru Timothee Bisset is working on the project, so we can only hope that if the game becomes popular, a Linux client is also made available."

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  1. Something smaller! by dintech · · Score: 0, Troll

    Any chance of linking to something that we can actually finish downloading before this story drops off the bottom of the main page?

  2. In HD? by Red+Samurai · · Score: 0, Troll

    Was this worth mentioning? I mean, most computers already do support HD resolutions, and have for a while now, so HD games on the PC platform are the standard nowadays. I can't help but think this was slapped on as marketing babble to cash in on the current HD craze.