2025-11-21 15:06 UTC · GamingOnLinux
With the latest minor update, the newer Quake II re-release that saw Nightdive Studios jump in to improve it is now Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-nightdive-studios-enhanced-quake-ii-re-release-is-now-steam-deck-verified/
2025-11-20 20:28 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
Quake II is now Steam Deck Verified and Handheld Optimized on Xbox ROG Ally devices.
2025-04-06 13:39 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Microsoft has turned Quake 2 into a generative AI tech demo, and people do not like it. Using the company's new videogame gen AI model Muse, which can make game visuals and assign controller actions, id's classic FPS has been turned into a brief, in-browser experience anyone can try. Despite its status as a tech demo, however, many aren't pleased with this version of Quake. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Grab 7 of the best boomer shooters on PC for just $18 right now Step aside graphics cards, you can now run ray tracing on a CPU One of the greatest FPS games of the '90s just got
2024-03-23 14:20 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
'Boomer shooters' is a new moniker for a retro style of first-person shooter game, one that harkens back to the '90s, typically with vintage graphics and stylization from that era, or just straight up an FPS from that period. While this genre wasn't formally recognized until recently, digital gaming storefronts are now acknowledging the genre for the first time, and offering big deals for those looking for a blast from the past. Now, we have one of the best, and first, boomer shooter sales that won't break the bank. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Snag some of Steam's best shmup g
2024-03-08 12:32 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Ray tracing may well be more commonplace in games these days but it's still seen as a hugely difficult graphics feature to process, requiring powerful graphics cards with dedicated ray tracing processors. However, one developer has shown that maybe there's another way by enabling ray tracing on a CPU. The developer, named Konstantin Seurer, has been steadily working on adding features to a purely CPU-run Vulkan-based version of the open source Mesa graphics library. By enabling the function Implement VK_KHR_ray_query, the modder has opened up the possibility of running ray tracing functions on
2023-11-21 18:00 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
We humbly ask you consider nominating Quake II for Labor of Love in The Steam Awards 2023! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/3953585/a4918f059fe08bebdaa642d3ef57e3ddd54d6e8c.png
2023-10-09 14:56 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
We have released an update that should resolve stuttering issues when jobs_enable was set to 1. Please let us know below in the Comments section if you are still seeing stuttering issues after installing this Hotfix update. To read the previous Update 1 Release Notes in more languages, click here. To see Quake II initial release notes & FAQ in a variety of languages, click here. ICYMI: Be sure to check out this awesome tech rundown on how Quake II enhanced was made here.
2023-10-03 16:55 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
This is the first major update to the enhanced Quake II re-release. Update 1 includes multiple quality of life improvements, some balance changes, and several notable bug fixes. Thanks to everyone who provided valuable feedback at launch! QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS General Gameplay Added controller vibration effects when taking damage Restored Always Run in the Input Options menu, with separate options for controller and keyboard Save and load menus will now indicate which campaign a save is from The Compass, Drop CTF Tech and Use Grapple actions can now be mapped as custom binds from the In
2023-08-10 19:21 UTC · VG247
Quake 2, id Software's legendary 1997 FPS, is back and spruced up for the current generation of consoles and PC. Enhanced for modern platforms, the shooter is feature-complete with all-new campaign content, Quake 2 64, online multiplayer, co-op support, cross-play, and more. It comes with the original mission packs: The Reckoning and Ground Zero, and the new expansion, Call of the Machine. Read more
2023-08-10 19:12 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
Quake 2 Remastered is real, it's here, and it's the return of one of the best FPS games of the '90s. Quake 2 Remastered revives the iconic id Software shooter with a total visual overhaul and all manner of performance improvements, bringing the successor to Doom, and ancestor to multiplayer shooters like Overwatch and Call of Duty, back into the limelight for the 21st century. With new levels from Wolfenstein dev MachineGames, if you haven't experienced Quake 2 before, or you want another go around with one of the all-time greats, it's out right now on Steam and PC Game Pass. Read the rest of
2023-08-10 17:22 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
The legendary sci-fi action FPS is enhanced and now available on modern platforms! Take the fight to the Strogg with our enhanced re-release of Quake II, now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch, in addition to PC platforms and Game Pass (subscription required). This re-release is our biggest effort yet with enhanced AI, gameplay improvements, presented in up to 120hz in 4K on supported platforms (see the below FAQ for details) and we even dug into the development archives of Quake II to restore elements that were cut from the original game’s
2023-08-10 16:56 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Surprising few but delighting many, id Software and Bethesda have released a Quake 2 remaster to inaugurate this year's Quakecon. An enhanced edition of the 1997 game, it includes the mission packs The Reckoning and Ground Zero alongside a PC version of Quake 2 on N64. All that for £8 or $10, plus a brand new expansion titled Call of the Machine, developed by Wolfenstein: The New Order studio MachineGames. While not as beloved or enduring as its predecessor or successor, Quake 2 is one of the Grand Old Shooters. I recall being introduced to it at a covert LAN party in a school IT room, plonkin
2023-06-22 13:20 UTC · PC Gamer · Joshua Wolens
The South Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) has done it again, folks. With just under two months to go until this year's QuakeCon event, the agency has gone and rated Quake 2 Remastered (via Gematsu), which we can probably assume does for the second game in the series what Quake Remastered did for the first... Read more.
2023-06-16 19:49 UTC · PCGamesN · editor@pcgamesn.com
The Elder Scrolls, Doom, Fallout, Dishonored, Wolfenstein, Quake, The Evil Within - you name it, Bethesda has some of the best PC games in its catalog, and you can get most of them for next to nothing right now thanks to a sale with up to 85% off the likes of Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout New Vegas, Wolfenstein 2, and Prey. With the Starfield release date swooping over the horizon, what better time than now to enjoy Bethesda's best? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Dishonored meets Jurassic Park in this steampunk RPG Awesome Games Done Quick's complete January 2018 schedule has been re
2022-08-11 17:58 UTC · Community Announcements · tokyopunchout | Bethesda
Spanning across multiple decades, id Software’s library of work is as vast as it is full of amazing games. However, this means a number of the id’s offerings have been released or reiterated in ways that can make our digital storefronts a touch…confusing. Rather than write out the differences between Final DOOM, Ultimate DOOM and just DOOM, we’re consolidating our Steam library of titles! For those id Software experts that do know all the variations of our games released on Steam, bear with us as we simplify how our games appear so that newcomers have an easier time. HERE’S THE PLAN: Starting
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