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Bethesda Ditches Divisive Quake Game's Free-To-Play Model in Final Update
Bethesda has announced a surprise final update that makes Quake Champions a paid title on Steam
Quake64 - Quake for the Commodore 64? Sort of!
An ambitious new demake is coming to the Commodore 64 as Kweepa aims to bring the iconic 3D shooter Quake to the Commodore 64 under the title Quake64. Completing a trilogy of id Software ports for the system, this project requires significant compromises to fit within the hardwar…
Quake Adds Free 30th Anniversary Campaign for All PS5 Players, Developed by MachineGames
Dawn of the Machine is out now. Ahead of this weekend’s Quakecon, it’s time to frag like it’s 1996! If you happen to own the PS5 or PS4 version of id Software’s iconic Quake , then good news: it’s just been updated with an all-new 19-level campaign, designed by MachineGames. Read…
Surprise! The original Quake gets a free expansion on all platforms to celebrate its 30th birthday
QuakeCon's opening ceremony came with a delightful surprise yesterday: the announcement and release of a brand new, free expansion for the original Quake game. This is for all platforms Quake has been released on - PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch. The screams of jubilation in th…
Quake gets a free new chapter promising "ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish realms" to celebrate its 30th birthday
Yep, it really was that long ago. Classic FPS Quake turned 30 years old as of late June and to mark the occasion its 2021 enhanced version has gotten a free expansion dubbed Dawn of the Machine. Developed by both Id Software and MachineGames, it's all about hunting down a Nightma…
Celebrate 30 years of Quake with a brand-new episode, available today
In 1996, id Software smashed through to another dimension – in one sense of the word, pioneering first-person shooters in the third dimension with the release of Quake, and in another, hurtling players feet-first into Quake’s otherworldly realm – a place beyond our reality where…
30 years after it 'ruined id Software,' Quake gets another big update while the studio once again grapples with adversity
New levels from MachineGames and archival development material have been added to the id Software classic in a free update.
Surprise! Quake Adds Free New Episode With 600G Xbox Achievements
To celebrate its 30th anniversary. QuakeCon has officially kicked off today in Texas, so we assumed we'd get at least one surprise reveal at some point over the next few days, and one has already arrived in the form of a brand-new episode for Quake ! The episode is known as "Dawn…
I was excited for this Quake port of Half-Life until I discovered the creator's wild AI conspiracy theories
Don't like AI? Then you're a domestic terrorist, apparently.
The Tremor map pack for Quake is now available after six years in development
Many of you here may be too young to remember LAN parties, but those who were passionate about the PC gaming scene between the 1990s and the 2000s will surely recall those weekends spent dismantling your computer, monitor, and peripherals, packing them into boxes and travelling t…
id Software cofounder John Carmack mourns big layoffs at Doom and Quake studio
John Carmack, cofounder of id Software who left the pioneering game studio in 2013, offered his words of mourning for the layoffs at id...
Doom and Quake studio id Software reportedly gutted, leaving standalone capabilities in doubt and newly revealed game ideas dead
A clearer picture of how hard id Software has been hit by Microsoft's drastic Xbox restructuring is beginning to emerge, and it has been hit very hard indeed.
"DOOM, Quake, & Wolfenstein Are Not Easy Names To Carry On" - As Layoffs Hit, John Romero Praises id's Devs For Keeping Its Legacy Alive
"I’m thinking of everyone at id today". One of the biggest news stories in gaming at the moment is Xbox's brutal restructuring . This is a process that has seen at least four studios depart the Microsoft-owned outfit, as Xbox's Asha Sharma announces plans to cut "3,200 roles" thr…
id Software Veteran Confirms Worst Case Scenario for DOOM and Quake Dev
Could Unreal Engine replace id Tech? It's more likely than you think.
Microsoft's dumb enough to make a new Quake game in Unreal Engine
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma could easily ruin Quake's legacy with a shift away from idTech to Unreal Engine 6.
Doom, Wolfenstein, and Quake will reportedly join Fallout and Elder Scrolls as Bethesda owner ZeniMax switches focus to its largest franchises amid Xbox restructure
Doom and Quake developer id Software is reportedly facing "significant" layoffs
Xbox Layoffs Won’t Stop Work on Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier said that the company won't be reduced to only working on new Fallout and The Elder Scrolls game.
ZeniMax's pivot to big series amid Xbox cuts reportedly isn't a death knell for Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein
Xbox have officially announced the scale of the mass layoffs and rejigging of their studio lineup which have loomed on the horizon for the past couple of weeks. While Double Fine, Compulsion Games, Ninja Theory, Undead Labs, and Arkane all face futures outside of Xbox, the cuts a…
Senua and State of Decay 3 Will Not Be Canceled, Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake Franchises Are Also Safe
Microsoft has just announced a huge pivot in its gaming policies. And, with all the rumors that were surfacing online lately, a lot thought that games like Senua and State of Decay 3 would be canceled. Well, there is at least some good news. Senua and State of Decay 3 have not be…