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Bethesda Accidentally Confirms a Quake Remaster?
Putting to one side spin-offs or multiplayer-focused titles, it has been over 15 years now since the gaming community last saw an official installment to the Quake franchise. Quite a huge amount of time when you consider just how revolutionary the original titles were taking all the fantastic work seen…
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Quake II RTX ‘Shareware Demo’ is Released For Free
Quake II RTX Last year Nvidia surprisingly announced that they were working on a new version of Quake II that would support the ray tracing technology offered in their most recent 20XX series of graphics cards. While the idea was essentially taken (and ran with) following an independent technical demonstration…
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Nvidia Reveals the Quake 2 RTX Minimum System Requirements
Quake 2 RTX With the release of the Nvidia 20XX series of graphics cards last year, ray tracing is without a doubt one of the biggest buzz words in the gaming industry. Despite these cards being out for quite a significant amount of time now, however, there are still very…
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You Can Play The Full Ray-Traced Quake II RTX Starting June 6th
A 3-Level Demo Will Also be Available The 22-year old id Software shooter Quake II has been given a new life thanks to ray tracing technology. Using NVIDIA‘s latest RTX video cards, the game looks brand new and remarkably sleek. That is despite the low polygon models. Now NVIDIA has…
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QuakeCon is Heading to London in Summer 2019
Doom Eternal Will Be Playable at the Event Bethesda and Id Software are taking their annual Dallas, Texas-based QuakeCon event on the road for the first time. The first stop will be none other than London, UK so gaming fans on this side of the pond have another thing to…
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3D Realms Confirms 3Dfx Support for Wrath: Aeon of Ruin
Quake 1 Engine Done Right 3D Realms announced Wrath: Aeon of Ruin a few days ago after teasing the retro FPS. Unlike most modern games, Wrath: Aeon of Ruin notably uses the now 24-year old Quake 1 engine. While fan reaction has been positive so far, hardcore retro gamers who…
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3D Realms To Reveal New ‘Quake Engine’ FPS Tomorrow!
3D Realms To Announce New Game! When I mention the name 3D Realms, for most, one of two things will immediately come to mind. Duke Nukem 3D or the whole fiasco surrounding the development of Duke Nukem Forever. While the studio has been largely exceptionally quiet in recent years, however,…
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Quake 2 Mod Allows For Real Time Ray Tracing
Quake 2 It has been over 20 years now since Quake 2 was released. Despite this, however, the game still remains remarkably popular amongst fans. A popularity that was no doubt helped by its subsequent arrival on Steam from its humble big box cd-rom days. It seems, however, that despite…
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Hellbound: Survival Closed Beta Signups Open
The 90’s was an exciting period for games with 3D shooters leading the way in terms of technology and PC gaming. Now Argentinian indie developers Saibot Studios aims to bring the same fun feeling back with their new Hellbound: Survival. Just looking at the artwork and design alone, it obviously…
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Quake Champions Early Access Starts August 22
The time has finally come for Quake Champions to exit the closed beta phase and finally become an Early Access Steam title, while still available via the Bethesda.net launcher of course. The Early Access begins on August 22, in preparation ahead of QuakeCon. In addition to the move to Early…
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Trent Reznor Makes the Quake Soundtrack Available on Vinyl
There are plenty of good things to say about Quake. For starters, many experts see it as a precursor for all modern shooters. Furthermore, its level design was actually top-notch back in the day. However, we should also commend id Software for the game’s outstanding soundtrack. You know, the one signed by…
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Next-Gen id Tech Engine to “Consume All The CPU That Ryzen Can Offer.”
id Software is one of the most iconic developers of all time, and while they’ve had many great gaming successes, they’ve also won much praise for their game engine technologies over the years too. id Software CTO, Robert Duffy, recently revealed that their team has already begun work on the…
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Quake Champions to Feature Vulkan Support and Ryzen Optimisation
The Quake games historically set new standards and as such it’s only logical for id Software to get on board with the newest and best technologies around when it comes to the next instalment in the series. Quake III Arena was probably the most successful so far, but that might…
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Old-School FPS Style Reflex Arena Now on Steam!
Inspired by old-school fast-twitch first-person arena shooters Quake 3 and Unreal, Reflex Arena is now fully available on Steam. The game project was originally launched in 2014 as a Steam Early Access title and was a kickstarter campaign but failed to meet their fund-raising goals. Turbo Pixel Studios which developed…
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Free-to-Play Quake Champions Premium Pricing Features Detailed
Quake Champions is almost here, and I’m sure many of you are eager to rip around a few arenas in this long awaited entry to the Quake franchise. The good news is that when the game does launch, it won’t cost you a penny, as the game will be free-to-play…
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