id, EA Show Support For Apple

The iPhone may have been the star at today's Apple event, but Joystiq points out that id software's debut of 'id Tech 5' is just as beautiful. There are no current details on the first title slated to use the engine. Just the same John Carmack had a few things to say, pointing out the technology's strong graphical and cross-platform performance: "What we've got here is the entire world with unique textures, 20GB of textures covering this track. They can go in and look at the world and, say, change the color of the mountaintop, or carve their name into the rock. They can change as much as they want on surfaces with no impact on the game ... We're going to be showing on a Mac, PC, PS3, and Xbox at E3, we'll have another Mac announcement at E3." Game|Life also points out that EA will be throwing support behind OS X, with releases of major titles like Command and Conquer 3, Battlefield 2142, Need For Speed Carbon, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Re:Woopee

[Broken scope]

I can't remember the last id game that didn't run on Linux.

Re:Apple NEEDS a mid-rage head less system and....

[j00r0m4nc3r]

Maybe they should just buy a ton of crappy Compaqs, peel off the Compaq sticker, and slap on an Apple sticker.

Re:Hope it actually works

[mgabrys_sf]

Fine jackass nitpicker. Circa 2004 G5 Tower. Circa 2005 Mac Mini. Circa 2006 MacBook. I see Wintel-ers getting at least 25FPS or more with just about every hardware config out there for Doom 3 - can we get an engine that is playable - just fucking PLAYABLE - on currently selling or sold in the last year hardware? (No I'm not talking 60fps with a 30 inch lcd at peak resolution on a Voodoo-whatsit-Alien-piece-of-crap-I-wouldn't-bury -in-my-backyard-it's-so-fucking-ugly-it-scares-chi ldren - I'm talking 25-35 fps on anything) If you can't give me something playable without another 1500.00 dollar expense, then fuck off when I say I think the PS3 looks 'nifty'.

Re:Journalism, do you grok it?

[Snowgen]

Why can't /. produce blurbs that are decipherable without reading the link - yeah yeah, I know -, doing a google and wikipedia search, and having extensive industry insider knowledge?

It's called "writing to your target audience." It's actually something that a good journalist is supposed to do. That way every news story isn't filled with three paragraphs defining what "murder" is when the target audience already knows.