According to John Carmack, no more QIII: Arena tests will be released before the final demo

Being nosy sorts, we like to paw though every '.plan' file and personal journal we can find. Knowing this, it should be no surprise that we've unearthed new dirt from John Carmack's latest plan file - if you think the term "unearthed" is the same as reading it on Blue's News. Here's what the master has to say:

"The next release will be the full 'demo' release for Quake 3. It will include bots and a new, simple level that's suitable for complete beginners to play, as well as the existing q3test maps."

"The timing just didn't work out right for another test before we complete the game."

"We plan on releasing the demo after code freeze, when the entire game is in final testing, which will give us a few days time to fix any last minute problems that show up before golden master."

"No, I don't have an actual date when that will be."

In other words, no more tests to waste your pathetic lives playing. And no, he won't say when either the demo or the full game is coming out. Software stores are counting on the game hitting stores before Christmas, but we wouldn't be surprised to see it slip past the holidays. Hey, this is id we're talking about - they can do just about whatever they want, assuming Activision don't kill them for it.


Courtesy of IGN.com