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Quake 1 gets its first major co-op content update in 25 years

Months after the FPS classic Quake got a major 25th anniversary re-release, its modern handlers have returned with an update that exceeds all expectations. Thursday’s new 770 MB patch on all platforms (Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, PC) adds an entirely new co-op combat mode, and it officially opens the game’s mod floodgates for players outside the […]

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Quake remaster owners should go download its free next-gen upgrade

Enlarge / Pew-pew! (credit: Bethesda) If you bought Bethesda’s recently released Quake remaster for Sony or Microsoft’s platforms, today’s your lucky day—the publisher just released a next-gen upgrade that adds 4K resolution at up to 120 fps, and the upgrade is free. Announced Tuesday on Bethesda’s blog, id Software’s classic first-person shooter is now available […]

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Quake “enhanced” re-release out before it’s announced (with Quake 64, too)

Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) As leaked a few weeks ago by a QuakeCon scheduling slip-up, a re-release of iconic FPS Quake slipped onto console digital storefronts on Thursday, slightly ahead of the project’s official announcement. The $10 release is out now. Those who own Quake on Steam or from the official Bethesda.net store can access this update […]

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QuakeCon schedule leak shows Quake “revitalized edition” from MachineGames

Enlarge / We wonder how the “revitalized” Quake will compare to this 2019 raytracing update of Quake II . After two shiny, modernized updates to the venerable Doom franchise in recent years, it looks like Bethesda and fellow Zenimax subsidiary MachineGames ( Wolfenstein: The New Order ) are getting ready to announce a “revitalized edition” […]

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Bethesda Matches Will Probably be”Better or First” (not”Just”) on Xbox

A fast tour of several of those Bethesda gambling franchises Microsoft currently owns starts with The Elder Scrolls collection. [charge: Bethesda ] After Microsoft’s $7.5 billion purchase of Bethesda at September, players and industry watchers have been made to assume  over if you would require a Microsoft platform (i.e., an Xbox, a Windows PC, or […]