10th Anniversary QuakeCon Announced

A QUAKECON PARTY 10 YEARS IN THE
MAKING

10th Anniversary Video Game
Tournament Announced for August 11-14 at Gaylord Texan

MESQUITE, Texas – March 22, 2005 –
In August 2005, QuakeCon, the largest video game festival and tournament in
North America, will celebrate a decade of "peace, love, and rockets" with an
event that promises video game fans the greatest four days of gaming and
entertainment. The 10th Annual QuakeCon will once again draw thousands of people
from around world to the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine,
Texas, from Aug. 11-14, and is open to video game fans worldwide free of charge.

First-come, first-served online
registration for QuakeCon 2005 will begin at 9 p.m. EST on Friday, April 15,
2005, at www.quakecon.org.

"QuakeCon’s 10th anniversary is a
historic milestone and a time to celebrate the volunteers, fans, sponsors and
games that have driven QuakeCon to become the largest event of its kind," said
Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software. "We’re going to have the party of a decade,
and we want everyone to be there."

QuakeCon 2005 will be a four-day,
96-hour bash with non-stop gaming, around-the-clock contests, exhibits,
entertainment, giveaways, parties and white-knuckle tournament action. With a
dedicated area for more than 3,200 BYOC (Bring Your Own Computer) LAN gamers,
and over 150,000 square feet of total convention space for tournaments,
exhibits, conferences and entertainment, QuakeCon 2005 attendance is expected to
top last year’s record of nearly 6,000 attendees.

QuakeCon Room Reservations: To
reserve a room, call the Gaylord Texan at 866-782-7897. To receive specially
negotiated room rates of $119 for single or double occupancy and $129 for triple
or quad occupancy, attendees should mention QuakeCon when making reservations.
Additional information regarding the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is
available at

http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylordtexan/. 

Sponsorship Information:

For sponsorship opportunities,
e-mail sponsors@quakecon.org.

History of QuakeCon:

Celebrating its 10th anniversary in
2005, QuakeCon has come a long way from its humble beginnings. Often described
as the "Woodstock of Gaming," QuakeCon was created in August of 1996 by a group
of friends on the IRC network’s EFnet who had a desire to meet in person. Less
than 100 attendees gathered at the Best Western in Garland, Texas that first
year to play and talk games and compete in the first QuakeCon tournament. id
Software’s lead programmer John Carmack and several other id team members
stopped by to chat with fans about DOOM, QUAKE, and the future of an
up-and-coming id Software.

Now 10 years older, QuakeCon remains
true to its original purpose as an event created by gamers, for gamers. Although
sponsored by id Software and other industry-leading software and hardware
manufacturers, QuakeCon continues to be run by a dedicated group of 30
year-round volunteers and over 200 on-site volunteers. It expanded its
participant base to nearly 6,000 attendees in 2004, and has grown to include
QUAKE(r), QUAKE II(r), QUAKE III Arena(r), QUAKE III: Team Arena(tm), Return to
Castle Wolfenstein(r) and DOOM 3(tm).

About id Software:

id – Freud’s primal part of the
human psyche and one of the hottest game shops on Earth – has been rocking the
gaming world from Mesquite, Texas, since 1991. As a leader in the industry, id
Software forged such frenetic titles as Wolfenstein 3D(r), DOOM(r), DOOM II(r),
DOOM 3(tm), QUAKE(r) and QUAKE II(r). With intense graphics and mind-blowing
action, id Software’s games have helped define the modern video game,
continually setting new industry standards for technology and gameplay. And, in
keeping with tradition, id Software has amplified the world of
adrenaline-pumping 3-D gaming with the release of action titles, QUAKE III
Arena(r), QUAKE III: Team Arena(tm) and the executive production of Return to
Castle Wolfenstein(r). The recently released DOOM 3(tm), the first interactive
horror game built on id Software’s revolutionary new 3D graphics engine, draws
gamers into the most frightening and gripping 3D gaming experience ever created.
Check out more about id Software at
www.idsoftware.com. 

(c) 2005 id Software, Inc. All
rights reserved. QuakeCon, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, DOOM II, DOOM 3, QUAKE, QUAKE
II, QUAKE III Arena, QUAKE III: Team Arena, Return to Castle Wolfenstein,
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, DOOM 3, and the id Software name are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of id Software, Inc. in the United States
and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of
their respective owners.