To kick off QuakeCon 2023, Bethesda and ID Software program have launched a remaster of Quake II.
Full with visible enhancements, a brand new growth, multiplayer, and the Nintendo 64 model of Quake II bundled in, this remaster is obtainable now on Xbox One and Collection S | X, Nintendo Change, PC, and each PS4 and PS5. It is also out there by each Xbox and PC Recreation Go and is playable by way of Xbox Cloud Gaming.
This shadow drop mirrors that of Quake 1’s remaster which hit Xbox, Change, and PC, and was introduced at QuakeCon and launched the identical day in 2021. QuakeCon, one of many world’s largest LAN events, has been round since 1996.
The bring-your-own-controller occasion has at all times been a hotbed for area shooter-style multiplayer, but it surely’s additionally perched nearly precisely midway between summer season occasions like E3 or Summer time Recreation Fest and the vacation procuring season, making it ripe for ID and Bethesda to indicate off what they have been engaged on earlier than their video games hit retailer cabinets. For instance, leads from ID Software program took the stage in 2018 to disclose prolonged gameplay for DOOM Everlasting.
Some followers anticipated the remaster since quite a few clues hinted in the direction of its existence. In June, IGN reported on a list for ‘Quake II Enhanced’ on a South Korean rankings board, which was initially noticed by Gematsu, in June. Extra lately, dependable online game trade leaker, billbil-kun, predicted the announcement, even nailing the sport’s launch time and USD $9.99 value level.
This is not only a remastered model of the beloved 1997 FPS. Along with a totally remastered model of the unique recreation and its Nintendo 64 port from the identical yr, this remaster additionally contains 28 new marketing campaign ranges and one new Deathmatch map developed by MachineGames, the studio behind the current Wolfenstein video games and the upcoming untitled Indiana Jones recreation.
QuakeCon is not the one occasion on Bethesda and Xbox Recreation Studios’ calendar this month. Gamescom, the world’s largest gaming conference, kicks off on August 23. Microsoft has confirmed that it’s going to have a presence on the Cologne, Germany-based conference with plans to indicate off new gameplay from Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and extra.
Charlie Wacholz is a contract author at IGN.
