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Originally Posted by wraggster

If you were crossing your fingers in hopes for a Twisted Metal multiplayer beta before the game's full launch, it sounds like you might be disappointed.

Speaking during a panel at the San Diego Comic Con expo this weekend, series creator David Jaffe confirmed that the game would only be getting 'private and semi-private' be testing phases.

Without being too specific the producer said a game like Twisted Metal doesn't need a very large beta testing phase, according

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Epic's focus on Cliff Bleszinski's Gears of War series has starved the Unreal series of the attention it deserves.

So confessed Epic president Mike Capps, who told Industry Gamers he thinks the company should be spending more time with its existing franchises.

"We have a couple other major franchises that we've not been paying attention to," said Capps. "It's been a long time since we shipped an Unreal game, and it's an awfully loved franchise that we

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Originally Posted by wraggster

John Carmack first showed off Rage on a tiny little iPhone at QuakeCon last year to a good reception.

And according to Jaspm Kim, producer on the full-fat Rage due for release in October, that mobile adaptation was knocked up by Carmack single-handedly in a couple of weeks.

The mobile sector is a growing part of id Software, Kim told CVG, but the studio's direction is still undefined aside from a commitment to AAA games on console and PC.

"It's really

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