quake-done-quick posts

Wow. We thought that the PR folks were taking the week off along with game developers but we actually got a few press releases in our email inbox today. It's like people are actually working this week.

• Steam has new automatic updates for the beta versions of Apox and Counter-Strike Source along with a new update for Beat Hazard.
• Some folks from the University of Southern California have created the latest Kinect PC mod that works with World of Warcraft.
• Here's the latest Quake Done Quick video. It's cool
• The fourth season of the hit MMO-themed internet sitcom the Guild is now available on DVD and iTunes.

For the past couple of years, people who have attended the free QuakeCon event in Dallas have had a chance to win a new Ford Mustang valued at over $50,000 in a lottery sponsored by voice chat software maker Ventrilo. For this year's QuakeCon on August 12-15 in Dallas, Texas, Ventrilo has decided not to offer its attendees a chance to win a Ford Mustang.

Instead Ventrilo is giving away two 2011 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Coupes (one painted Race Red, the other Kona Blue) each valued at $51,930. 100 tickets for the drawing will be given away in various QuakeCon activities during the show with the final drawing for the Mustangs to be held on August 14 as part of the QuakeCon 2010 tournament finals.

In related news, yesterday's reveal of the "Quake Done Quick" premium tickets were apparently popular. It looks like the 500 $20 tickets for a number of extra privileges at QuakeCon 2010 are now sold out.

Earlier this year we reported that QuakeCon 2010 would have, in addition to its normal free registration, an option for a premium registration option. Today the details of the "Quake Done Quick" premium package were revealed. 500 tickets will be sold for $20 each.

The Quake Done Quick option (a reference to the famous speed runs through the original Quake game) will give ticket holders an express registration through general admission and in the Bring Your Own Computer area for the August 12-15 event in Dallas, Texas. Quake Done Quick holders will have a guaranteed spot in the BYOC area as well as priority seating for all of QuakeCon 2010's panels and events. It will also nab you a QuakeCon 2010 t-shirt and a Rage lithograph that will be signed by the upcoming first person shooter's development team at id Software. As we mentioned QuakeCon 2010 will still be free to attend for everyone else.