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Winning a lawsuit against Facebook-owned Oculus appears to have emboldened game maker ZeniMax to take on another big company. It filed a suit over Samsung's Gear VR headset, claiming that the latter has profited from Oculus technology developed at ZeniMax and used without permission by Oculus executive John Carmack, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas last Friday.

Seriously, Doom holds a seminal place in video-game history, but can id software, with new-found confidence under the Bethesda Softworks publishing brand get the public to fall in love with Doom again?

It's that time again. Quakecon 2013 has landed, also heralding the arrival of the annual Quakecon Pack on Steam.

Wow, has John Carmack hit a home run with his RAGE shooter for the iPhone and iPad, boasting truly beautiful graphics and mutants galore ready and waiting for all out war!

No it is not a trendy new disease; instead it is the surprise app store release from the creators of Doom.  iD Software has released post apocalyptic shooter RAGE for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.   

Playing Quake, an all action First Person Shooter, inside your browser window was completely mythical five years ago.  But the free game phenomenon now has some pay-to-play options for those wanting more from their browser based bangs.