QuakeCon 2012 Schedule Kicks off With John Carmack Keynote

QuakeCon 2012 begins August 2nd with co-founder and technical director of id Software John Carmack’s annual keynote address.

A number of panel discussions will also be taking place. These include The Game of Making Games, Designing Multiplayer Games That Last, GameTrailers ‘Bonus Round’, and Idle Thumbs Podcast Live: Arena.

Panelists include Marty Stratton from id Software, Ted Price, President and CEO of Insomniac Games, Chet Faliszek and Tom Leonard from Valve Software, and GameTrailers’ Geoff Keighley.

Exhibitors and sponsors on the show floor will include:

AT&T
Intel Americas Inc.
Dell/Alienware
Ventrilo
CSN (Cyber Sports Net)
BAWLS Guarana
Cooler Master
CPU Magazine
FSP Group USA Corp
IN WIN Development
Interceptor Entertainment
Modders Inc.
Plantronics
Symbiote Studios
Adata
Minecraft PVP
Minecraft EDU
DeVry
Western Digital

Gamers will also have a chance to play Bethesda’s Dishonored and id’s Doom 3 BFG Edition, among other titles.

QuakeCon 2012 kicks off on August 2nd and continues till midnight August 5th.