Nerve Software

Located in Mesquite, Texas (which for some reason was chosen to be the home state of some popular game developers), Nerve Software is an interesting brave new game developer company.
It wasn't until QuakeCon 2001 that this company stopped being anonymous and arrived right in the center of the biz, with interesting projects involving id Software.

The company was founded in mid-2001, by Brandon James, an ex-id worker, who worked on DooM among other titles, and Christian Cummings. Together they formed a team of ex-Rogue Entertainment workers, each one was part of the team responsible for the brilliant American McGee's Alice.

According to the information that was announced at QuakeCon 2001, Nerve Software is currently working on two projects:

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Nerve is cooperating with Gray Matter Studios on this upcoming title, working on the Multiplayer component of the game.
  A Multiplayer test version of the game that was released recently showed some really cool features, and the response was quite positive. The MP option of RtCW is a class-based tactical FPS, similiar to the popular HL mod DoD, and providing original, high-quality gameplay.
• A Secret Project that is said to be focused on multiplayer co-operative gameplay "never before seen", using the new technology from id Software that would power the groundbreaking DooM III.
  Some suspect that this one is actually Quest, the game id was supposed to work on before they decided on a new DooM game. The game was supposed to be an MMORPG, introducing a new kind of gameplay to the genere. Yet no official information on this secret project was given.

Each project is being worked on these days, in collaboration with id. No doubt that Nerve is in good relations with id, probably because that James (President) is familiar with id, and the other members have worked for Rogue, a studio that collabrated too with id.

Nerve Software sounds good enough to me. Then again, everything related to id Software sounds good to me =].
The RtCW released test was quite promising, and I believe these kids has got some talent.

U R L S
Homepage: http://nervesoftware.com
RtCW: http://castlewolfenstein.com/
id Software: http://idsoftware.com/
QuakeCon: http://quakecon.org/
Rogue Entertainment: http://rogue-ent.com/ (unavilable at the moment)