It’s been 25 years since the first Quake game launched back in 1996, and next week we could see it making a comeback in “revitalized” form.
As XboxEra reports, Bethesda posted the scheduled for the all-digital QuakeCone 2021, which begins on Aug. 19. One entry that caught everyone’s attention is happening at 10:30 a.m. ET on Aug. 20 called “Let’s talk Quake.” It’s the description that got Quake fans really excited, though:
“Quake is back, in this special stream John Linneman from Digital Foundry talks to Jerk Gustafsson of Machine Games about the title’s iconic legacy and what it meant to both of them. The pair will discuss the additional content Machine Games have contributed to this revitalized edition.”
Whoever posted the schedule quickly realized their mistake and the talk description got taken down, but the damage has been done. It seems as though Bethesda is set to reveal an updated version of Quake next week complete with new content provided by Machine Games—the games studio that gave us Wolfenstein: The New Order.
It makes sense to update the classic that is Quake on its 25th anniversary, especially if it can take full advantage of the latest hardware while retaining the gameplay and experience many of us remember losing whole weekends to back in the 90’s. Nvidia has already given us a taste of what’s possible using modern graphics cards when it released Quake II RTX for free back in 2019, so fingers-crossed we’re going to get something very special revealed next week.
