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Quake Champions eliminates its free-to-play monetization elements in favor of a $10 box price
You would be forgiven for letting Quake Champions, the free-to-play PvP arena shooter from id Software that released in 2022, slip through the mental cracks. This one never seemed to really catch fire, and by most player accounts was a sort of passing fancy kind of game, which se…
Quake Champions Just Deleted Its In-Game Store to Give Away 30 Seasons of Premium Cosmetics
Bethesda Softworks has officially retired the free-to-play live-service model for Quake Champions. The arena shooter now operates as a permanent standalone release exclusively on Valve’s PC storefront. The update eliminates recurring battle passes, cosmetic storefronts, and premi…
Quake Champions switches from free-to-play to paid, but existing players still get it free
Isn't it usually the other way around?
Quake Champions update removes all microtransactions and F2P elements
Quake Champions first launched way back in 2017, before going free-to-play in 2018. Now, eight years on, Quake Champions is no longer a free-to-play game. The post Quake Champions update removes all microtransactions and F2P elements first appeared on KitGuru .
Quake Champions is No Longer Free-to-Play, Cosmetics Unlocked For Everyone
The multiplayer shooter now has a price tag of $10, and id Software has confirmed that it has no plans to develop any new content for it.
Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release
In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release. As part of the same move, the Microsoft studio is killing off the Microsoft Store version, meaning it's now only availabl…
4 years after full launch, Quake Champions is a paid game on Steam with no microtransactions
The changes come amid ongoing restructuring at Xbox
Quake Champions' Xbox servers shut down without warning
The Xbox PC version of Quake Champions has been retired
Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on Steam
After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping all that nonsense in favour of being a nice and simple premium release on Steam . That means no more battle passes, no more loot boxes, no more premium currencies. They've even got rid of the store. If you'…
Quake Champions takes a shower, shedding all its 2017 live-service grime and becoming a $10 game
If you ever played it on Steam, it's yours to keep.
Quake Champions Swaps Its Free-To-Play Model For A One-Time Purchase
After several years of being free-to-play, Quake Champions is making a confusing reversal of its pricing scheme.
XBOX Paywalls Quake Champions Following Restructuring
After spending years as a free-to-play game with microtransactions, Quake Champions is now a paid game, but existing users get free access.
Quake Champions Goes Premium for New Players Amid XBOX Restructuring
After spending years as a free-to-play game with microtransactions, Quake Champions is now a paid game, but existing users get free access.