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id’s newest creation has been a long time coming. How’s it look in the home stretch?

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id’s famous for pioneering the FPS genre with Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, and their next shooter, Rage, is aiming to change things all over again. Running on the mechanically and graphically impressive id Tech 5 engine, Rage has makes the post-apocalypse look fun, so long as you enjoy shooting mutants and driving through wastelands. And if you don’t like that, we don’t want to know you. Learn more about the huge adventure in our E3 show floor interview.

Jun 8, 2011

id’s famous for pioneering the FPS genre with Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, and their next shooter, Rage, is aiming to change things all over again. Running on the mechanically and graphically impressive id Tech 5 engine, Rage has makes the post-apocalypse look fun, so long as you enjoy shooting mutants and driving through wastelands. And if you don’t like that, we don’t want to know you. Learn more about the huge adventure in our E3 show floor interview.

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