As promised last week at QuakeCon, id Software has now added Mac and Linux support for their browser based free-to-play first person shooter Quake Live. In their release notes, they mention that for now Mac support is confined to Apple's Safari browser but they hope to have Firefox Mac support up and running soon.
A premium subscription service for Quake Live is on the way to the free online game, according to id founder John Carmack.
During the QuakeCon 2009 press conference, id President Todd Hollenshead announced what many non-Windows computer users had been asking about for months. Quake Live, id software's browser based shooter, would be adding support for Linux and Macintosh operating system users.
SyncError announced a Quake Live update which took place today rather than the 'usual' Tuesday. Next week folks will be making their way to QuakeCon, and Quake Live will be at the forefront of the action there.
The latest update to id Software's browser-based shooter focuses on clientside features and important fixes.
A new update for id Software's free-to-play browser-based shooter has been released.
As expected, id have released a large update for their free-to-play browser-based game.
id's Marty Stratton has said there will be a 'fairly large update' for Quake Live next Tuesday.
id Software has now concluded its six maps in six weeks event by releasing the sixth entirely new arena, Quarantine.
Courtyard Conundrum was first created for QUAKE III Arena by Michael 'Casey' Goodhead and Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch, the original Threewave team, and has been a popular arena for CTF matches ever since its release.
The popular map that was originally created for Quake 1 and Quake III Arena has made its way to another game in the series, this time to the free web-based FPS Quake Live.
The third in a series of six new maps for the free-to-play FPS Quake Live is a remake of a popular CTF map called Bloodlust.
ClanBase writes: The second in a planned series of six new maps for the free-to-play FPS Quake Live is called Siberia, id Software revealed today.
id Software has revealed more details for their free-to-play FPS Quake Live, including plans to release a new map every week for the next six weeks.
id Software has revealed details on some new updates on the way for their free FPS Quake Live.
IGN writes: "Id CEO Todd Hollenshead is at the conference, and while id itself doesn't have much of a presence, he sat down with IGN for some thoughts of what they're up to over in Texas, as well as a quick update on Rage. And if you thought the company was just working on Rage and Doom 4, you might be surprised. "
Quake Live launched today, with over 113,000 registered users and 20,000 stuck in a queue upon signing up to the open beta service. All this has put pressure on id's servers, which are now offline due to the Content Delivery Network.
GamePlasma writes: