RAGE to make new id Software fans

Creative director Tim Willits hopes the game will change the perception of the Doom and Quake studio.

RAGE will create a new band of fans for veteran development studio id Software - most famous for Doom and Quake - creative director Tim Willits has told Spong.

The multiplatform shooter is id's first attempt at a story-driven FPS, but Willits believes his team has done a good job.

"There's always pressure - especially when you're id. There's lots of expectations and preconceived notions about us," Willits said. "I believe when RAGE ships though, that it will change the perception of the company. I think that our hardcore fans will get it and love it, and we will actually get some new fans."

It's the new gamers on consoles which excite Willits most. "We're really excited about getting some fans on the PS3... I mean, if you've had a PS2 and a PS1, and always stayed on the home console side of things, you may have never played an id Software game before.

"So right there that's about 75 million people out there that we want to try and recruit. That's what the cross-platform strategy will do for us. We're trying a lot of new things and it seems to be working really well - people who have played it really seem to love it."

RAGE will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on October 7. Look out for our review next week.