Quake Zero Coming to a Web Browser Near You

clipped from www.pcworld.com Although id Software’s new game Rage took the center stage at the QuakeCon event in Dallas, Texas, the company also revealed plans to develop a version of its enormously popular Quake franchise specifically to run on Web browsers. The game will be free to play, supported by browser-based advertising. Quake Zero is what it’s being called, and the new free version of Quake will basically be a revision of Quake III Arena, the version of Quake that emphasized multiplayer combat. It’s being developed by a team led by id producer Marty Stratton. In related news, id Software also indicated plans to bring “Quake Arena Arcade” to Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade, a service that enables Xbox 360 game console players to purchase and download games over the Internet, and play them against each other online.