The worlds very best Quake Live players will once again gather in Dallas, Texas to take part in intense online tournaments at QuakeCon 2011, being held August 4th-7th, 2011 at the Hilton Anatole. Top professionals will compete in the Intel-sponsored Quake Live Duel Invitational Masters and the Intel Quake Live Team Deathmatch Invitational Masters and contend for a share of over $40,000 in prize money. Also new to this years QuakeCon, up-and-coming players will have the opportunity to prove their gaming expertise in the Brink Open Championships.
SystemLink says: The annual QuakeCon event in Texas is creeping ever closer to its August 7th launch date and shooter fans from all over are getting the shivers in anticipation. What maps will the contenders be playing on this year? Well, we've got the information you desire.
Bethesda passes along word of a new update for browser FPS Quake Live entitled Premium Pak 8. The update brings two new maps, web updates and fixes, and a ton of gameplay tweaks and improvements.
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Above: Quake Arena Arcade for XBLA sounds kind of cool, but we think you should try Quake Live for free before you pay to download it for your 360
Remember when first-person shooters were all about shooting? That’s what we love about Quake Live, the no frills, free-to-play, ultra old school shooter that’s all about rocket jumping and blasting away at everything in sight. Seriously. It’s great, and it’s right here.
But if your trigger finger is telling you that you must only play Quake multiplayer on a console, Quake Arena Arcade will be coming to Xbox LIVE on December 15...
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Never let it be said that skimming retail and certification lists isn't serious investigative journalism. A couple of days ago I told you that a console version of Quake 3 Arena was likely gearing up for imminent release, as evidenced by an Australian certification page. And now we have two pieces of video evidence of that very game running. The system works!
Both appearing on Youtube, and both corroborated by a retweet from the game's Twitter feed, the first is from an earlier build and the second is from a nearly final version. Click over and watch them. Tell me what you think. You'll excuse me if I don't join you though. The booze fallout from last night's Games Media Awards means that a second watch of something as fast and dizzying as Quake is likely to kill me.
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Some games just will not die. Thanks to the wonder of ports, re-releases, download sales and rabid fan communities, certain titles remain part of the gaming landscape long after their original release window. Some deserve it, and some are Mortal Kombat II, but thankfully Quake 3 Arena is one of the former. And now, three years after the 360 port's announcement in 2007, it looks like id's masterful multiplayer shooter will finally be arriving on home consoles.
Which of course prompts old PC Quake snobs like myself to point accusingly at the console controllers I ordinarily love and lambast them with cruel, cruel laughter.
HAHA! STUPID ANALOGUES! HAHAHA! Etc. Ahem.
id has released a new update for its online FPS Quake Live, now available for players to download.
The Premium Subscription, which can be purchased for £1.59/1.99 per month, billed annually, includes access to 20 Quake Live Premium only maps at launch with more to come. Premium maps are a combination of brand new maps and frequently requested community favourites from previous Quake games such as Aerowalk, Theater of Pain, Japanese Castles, and Realm of Steel Rats.
Community-run broadcasting station Quake Like TV is to deliver exclusive coverage of this years QuakeCon, its been revealed today. QuakeCons the largest LAN party in North America, hosted annually in Dallas, Texas, and home to the Quake Live Masters Championship. Thats one of the most prestigious competitive gaming tournaments in the world, and this year boasts a prize pool of $50,000. In addition to coverage of the tournament itself and the various LAN sessions, therell also be interviews abound. www.quakelive.com is where itll all be going down live if youre in the USA, and recorded if youre elsewhere.
All attendee registration for QuakeCon 2010 will be handled on-site, according to id Software and Bethesda Softworks. The convention is being held at the Hilton Anatole Hotel which located in Dallas, Texas.
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