

ĭuring Quakecon 2018, it was announced that Quake Champions would be free-to-play and open to all players on August 10.

Hulshult previously composed music for the modification Brutal Doom and Apogee Software titles like 2013's Rise of the Triad and 3D Realms' Bombshell. Īndrew Hulshult announced on his Twitter that he will be composing new music for the game. Early access to the game was available for purchase at $30 on Steam. Players who sign up during the free trial period will be able to keep playing for free after the game launch. Īt E3 2018, Bethesda announced the availability of a free-to-play trial that is downloadable on Steam.

Blazkowicz of the Wolfenstein series was announced as a playable character. It is stated that the game would feature a free-to-play option, allowing players to play as Ranger, with additional characters available for purchase, similar to the model used in Killer Instinct. The game went into closed beta on Ap and was released onto Steam's early access program on August 22. It was revealed that Quake Champions was originally considered as an expansion to Quake Live, a revamped version of Quake III Arena released in 2010. Īt QuakeCon 2016, creative-director Tim Willits revealed that Quake Champions does not run on the id Tech 6 game engine, but instead works on a hybrid engine made up of id tech and Saber tech, which means a number of the features seen in Doom are not native to Quake Champions, such as virtual reality, Vulkan API, SnapMaps and mod support, although mod support is potentially planned after initial release. It will not be released on consoles due to hardware limitations. The game was promised to be a "fast paced arena based shooter". The game features a large quantity of playable characters, with each having access to one or more 'passive abilities', and one 'active ability' that must be triggered by a key-press.

Quake Champions was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016.
