Quake Champions: release date, gameplay, beta, trailer - everything we know

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After Bethesda’s incredibly successful revivals of Wolfenstein and Doom, it was only a matter of time before they set their railgun sights on bringing Quake, progenitor of the multiplayer FPS, back to the fore of mainstream gaming with Quake Champions. Treading a careful line between old school shooter purity and modern-day concessions like character abilities, Quake Champions is increasingly looking like an FPS fan’s dream come true.

The team are developing the game exclusively for the PC and are promising the same speed of classic Quake, with unlocked framerates and a refresh rate of 120hz. That should be enough to persuade the pro-players that developers id Software and Saber Interactive aren’t messing about. So in the interest of saving you all some time, here’s a comprehensive rundown of everything we know about Quake Champions ahead of it entering closed beta.

Quake Champions release date

quake champions release date

Bethesda have yet to provide any form of Quake Champions release date - not even a year - despite the fact that the game’s soon to enter beta testing. The reason for this is that the beta period will be very, very lengthy. id Software creative director Tim Willits told Gamespot, “It's going to come out after a really, really long closed beta. I'm telling people now, it's going to be a long beta."

Quake Champions gameplay

quake champions gameplay

It might boast character abilities, but it’s definitely still a Quake game. Whatever cues id Software have taken from the unrivalled success of Blizzard’s Overwatch, they’ve been subtle about it - at launch Quake Champions will launch with 12 characters, each one boasting a primary and passive ability as well as distinct armour, health and speed ratings. But that’s where the comparison ends: Quake Champions still clings on to relics from the FPS genre’s past like weapon and armour pickups, high-speed movement and jump pads. Movement and precision reign supreme in Quake Champions, just as they did back in the original.

The focus in each multiplayer match is always divided up equally between scrambling for vital pickups, and using them to decimate enemies and up your frag count; abilities are useful extras. Quake Champions is an old school multiplayer arena shooter first and foremost.

Quake Champions beta

quake champions beta

You can sign up for the first instalment of the Quake Champions beta here. There’s still no specific start date for the closed beta, but with Bethesda releasing a glut of information about the game’s weapons, arenas and characters at the same time, there’s a good chance it’s just around the corner. This seems to have been confirmed by Tim Willits in an interview with Russian esports site GoodGame.ru where he said that the Quake Champions closed beta would begin “in a few weeks.” Not long until the frag videos begin then.

Bethesda have since announced that the Quake Champions beta will begin on April 6, 2017, although this will only include a small number of those who signed up. Additional players will be granted access as time goes on.

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