Bethesda was quick with the hits during its second - ever E3 press conference, instantly announcing the return of old - school
arena shooter Quake in the form of Quake Champions.
Not exact matches
LawBreakers is the latest twist in the hero
shooter genre, which adds zero - gravity movement and elements from classic
arena shooters like
Quake and Unreal Tournament to the popular format pioneered by Team Fortress and supercharged in last year's Overwatch.
Gamers got one more story - infused
Quake game with
Quake 4, but since then, it's been relegated to an online
arena -
shooter franchise.
playing
arena shooters for years, include:
quake old and new the new doom UT series overwatch \ battleborn
Quake is well - known for establishing the blistering and unforgiving brutality of the multiplayer
arena shooter more than 20 years ago now.
Bethesda Softworks ®, a ZeniMax ® Media company, today announced
Quake ® Champions, a competitive
arena - style first - person
shooter for the PC that will return fans to the frenetic, skill - based competition that made
Quake an industry legend and solidified it as one of the first major eSports games.
John Romero, the co-creator of Doom and
Quake, has decided to return to the first person
shooter arena.
To take just a handful of examples, Team Fortress 2 has far more personality than any of the Call of Duty games,
Quake Live is still one of the best
arena shooters in the world, and there's the upcoming Unreal Tournament that will be released for free.
League of Legends is to MOBAs as
Quake III or Unreal Tournament are to the
arena shooter: the now - recognisable blueprint that became a phenomenon, laying the groundwork for more unusual flavours.
We sorely missed this kind of depth for years after the demise of the popularity of
arena shooters like Unreal Tournament and
Quake for more accessible experiences.
Classic
arena shooters such as
Quake and Unreal Tournament have been absent from the recent gaming scene for far too long and so, it is great to see at least one title attempting to fill that void, whether it be in free to play guise or not.
We set out to make Wheels of Destruction a hardcore old school
arena shooter in the same vein
Quake and Doom, something we were successful in.
Quake II delivers a frenetic first - person
shooter arena experience that performs admirably for the most part.
The Return of
Quake - Yeah, you read that right — after 20 years, the classic battle
arena multiplayer
shooter is ready for a new generation promising hours upon hours of trash talk.
There are several factors at play here and it harkens back to the gameplay depth we saw in
arena shooters like
Quake 3 that have been fizzled away lately for the sake of accessibility and mass market appeal.
Id Software's
Quake Champions was unveiled at E3 2016 and was confirmed to be a PC - exclusive multiplayer
shooter that would return to the glory days of
arena twitch - shooting.
Quake Champions currently doesn't have a release date and its exclusivity to PC ensures blazingly high frame rates for hardcore
arena shooter fans to enjoy.
Id Software re-enters the
arena of, well,
arena shooters with
Quake Champions.
Meanwhile the PC
arena has always been dominated by a different group of
shooters, such as Counter Strike,
Quake, Unreal Tournament and Team Fortress.