John Carmack on id’s Brand New IP

Spong have featured the highlights of John Carmacks presentation at QuakeCon 2006.

The hi lights are below - and you can check out the full list on the original post.

• id Software will be focusing on gameplay over graphics in their next unannounced title.
• the next title will be a 3D action title that will be id's biggest diversion since Wolfenstein.
• A more advanced version of the megatexture technology will be used in the next title, which includes lots of outdoor areas.
• id will continue to work on games that its millions of fans enjoy.
• Quake3 was labelled by Carmack as the "most pure game".
• While they will be developing their next game simultaneously on the Xbox 360, their primary development platform is still the PC.
• id is branching out in a different direction for their new title which they expect to be a blockbuster.
• Discussed the fun his cell phone game development has been.
• Has thought about porting cell phone games over to the Nintendo DS.
• The current mod community is slacking because of the work it takes to make mods with such advanced games.
• id's next game has "a lot of people in it".

There are also some very juicy screenshots of Quake Wars. Apart from Quake 3 I have never been a fan of the Quake games, Quake 4 in particular was very disappointing - but Quake Wars is looking lovely and from what I have heard about the game itself it will be a lot of fun. Here's hoping!