Publisher Activision eyed a late June release for the can't-miss prospect Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, but has earlier announced that the game will instead ship sometime between July and September across American stores.

This didn't come as a surprise because online retail services like GameStop let the cat out of the bag by posting release dates of mid-July. Players who have followed id Software titles for years will tell you not to be surprised because the team always sets the release date "when the game is done."

The twist in development this time is that the boys of id Software are now acing as overseers for three separate groups working on the same title for three different consoles. Splash Damage is busy with the PC version of Quake Wars, Nerve Software is doing the Microsoft Xbox 360 port, and Z-Axis is is all over the Sony PlayStation 3 iteration.

On a side note, it's been revealed that the next few games for id will be based on a brand-spankin' new engine. Few details have been shed, but knowing id and its line of winning game engines, it should be quite a spectacle when the mysterious thing comes out. We'll keep you posted.