Quake Champions: Bethesda showcases new multiplayer game at E3 2016
by Nicky Woolf in San Francisco from Technology | The Guardian on (#1H070)
Ahead of E3, the studio has shown off the remake of its classic 90s game Quake with expanded professional leagues to come later this summer
In a video which handed a huge chunk of red meat to retro gaming fans, Bethesda, flush from the critical success of their recent Doom reboot, teased a remake of the 90s video game classic Quake at a press conference at E3.
The trailer was entirely rendered so there's little inkling of what the game will look like, but Id studio director Tim Willets - co-designer of the original game - said that the new "Quake Champions" iteration will be a high-speed multiplayer-focused game - with unlocked framerates - capitalizing on the already-extant Quake e-sports market.
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