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Following id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play nonsense and becomes a £9 game on Steam
Rock Paper Shotgun • • technology
Key Points:
- Quake Champions is transitioning from a free-to-play model to a premium release on Steam, eliminating battle passes, loot boxes, premium currencies, and the in-game store.
- Players who participated in free events will be upgraded to the full game automatically, and recent purchases of premium currency will be refunded.
- The change occurs amid significant layoffs at id Software, with over 100 staff affected as part of Microsoft's broader reduction of 3,200 developers, leading to a focus on major franchises and the cancellation of projects like Perfect Dark.
- While the game will continue to operate with improvements such as a new Callvote System and network performance enhancements, no additional content updates are planned, suggesting limited future development.
- Server consolidation aims to increase population on remaining servers but may result in fewer options or slower performance depending on player location.
