Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on Steam
After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping all that nonsense in favour of being a nice and simple premium release on Steam .
After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping all that nonsense in favour of being a nice and simple premium release on Steam .
The short version
- That means no more battle passes, no more loot boxes, no more premium currencies.
- If you've played the game through any free events on Steam in the past, then you will be upgraded to a full version of the game automatically.
- And if you've bought any premium currencies in the past two months will be refunded.
What happened
However, while this is a welcome change, it should be seen in the context of Xbox's mission to fire 3200 developers . Quake Champions developer id Software were hit in the first wave of Microsoft layoffs, seeing more than 100 staff fired from the storied developer.
Why it matters
The layoffs have pushed id Software-owner Zenimax to focus on its largest games and series , which means id dropped projects focused on Perfect Dark and new series .
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