To kick off QuakeCon 2023, Bethesda and ID Software program have launched a remaster of Quake II.
Full with visible enhancements, a brand new enlargement, multiplayer, and the Nintendo 64 model of Quake II bundled in, this remaster is out there now on Xbox One and Sequence S | X, Nintendo Swap, PC, and each PS4 and PS5. It is also obtainable by way of each Xbox and PC Recreation Move and is playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming.
This shadow drop mirrors that of Quake 1’s remaster which hit Xbox, Swap, and PC, and was introduced at QuakeCon and launched the identical day in 2021. QuakeCon, one of many world’s greatest 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, nevertheless it’s additionally perched virtually precisely midway between summer time occasions like E3 or Summer season Recreation Fest and the vacation buying season, making it ripe for ID and Bethesda to point out 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 direction of its existence. In June, IGN reported on an inventory for ‘Quake II Enhanced’ on a South Korean scores board, which was initially noticed by Gematsu, in June. Extra just lately, dependable online game business 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 completely remastered model of the unique recreation and its Nintendo 64 port from the identical 12 months, this remaster additionally contains 28 new marketing campaign ranges and one new Deathmatch map developed by MachineGames, the studio behind the latest 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 greatest 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 point out off new gameplay from Starfield, Forza Motorsport, and extra.
Charlie Wacholz is a contract author at IGN.