QuakeCon, id Software's annual free LAN fest-games event, is getting some interesting content for this year's installment. Part of the reason is due to id's recent acquistion by Bethesda Softworks who will be bringing their own content to the show. Case in point; the first public demo of Brink, the recently announced sci-fi shooter from Bethesd and developer Splash Damage, will happen during QuakeCon next week.

While id has shown trailers and given live engine demos of their next game Rage at two previous QuakeCons, this year's show will finally have actual live gameplay demos from the game for the first time in publich. Also, Bethesda Softworks' Todd Howard will be making a presentation at the event and as always id Software's master programmer John Carmack will make his annual QuakeCon keynote and Q&A with the audience.

Once again, QuakeCon is totally free to attend and is being held this year at the Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine, Texas from August 13-16.