Quake Champions (2022)
Quake Champions is a 2022 shooter video game made by id Software and Bethesda Softworks.
Quake Champions returns to the arena format of Quake III but adds a roster of named characters, each with a distinct active ability and passive stat profile. Speed, health, and armor vary between champions, which means the weapon and map-control fundamentals of classic Quake now interact with asymmetric loadouts. id Software's free-to-play release from 2022 targets competitive players who grew up with arena shooters and newcomers who want a faster-paced alternative to tactical shooters, with all the rail gun and rocket launcher dueling that implies.
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What is Quake Champions about?
Quake Champions returns to the arena format of Quake III but adds a roster of named characters, each with a distinct active ability and passive stat profile. Speed, health, and armor vary between champions, which means the weapon and map-control fundamentals of classic Quake now interact with asymmetric loadouts. id Software's free-to-play release from 2022 targets competitive players who grew up with arena shooters and newcomers who want a faster-paced alternative to tactical shooters, with all the rail gun and rocket launcher dueling that implies.
When was Quake Champions released?
Quake Champions was released on 18 August 2022.
Who made Quake Champions?
Quake Champions was made by id Software and Bethesda Softworks.
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A few thoughts on Quake Champions
The DOOM: Original Game Soundtrack is a different tonal register from Quake Champions, but id Software's audio identity runs through both, and the soundtrack holds up as a standalone listen for fans of the studio's output.
Tournament arcs where fighters with unique powers face off one-on-one
Every champion in Quake Champions brings a different ability into the same dueling arena, and these run on that same one-on-one structure. Mortal Kombat II pits fighters with signature moves against each other, Hunter x Hunter's Hunter Exam tests its cast in one-on-one trials, My Hero Academia's Sports Festival turns quirks into tournament weapons, and Ranma 1/2 settles most of its rivalries the same way.
Aggressive, propulsive music for fast, high-stakes duels
Quake Champions runs on split-second reflexes and rocket-jump chaos, and these albums hit at the same intensity. id Software's own DOOM: Original Game Soundtrack supplies the obvious blueprint of distorted, relentless riffing, The Prodigy's The Fat of the Land channels that same aggression through breakbeat instead of guitar, and Muse's Black Holes and Revelations and Simulation Theory both build tension through driving, synth-heavy rock built for speed.
Anime and manga where advanced technology reshapes old-world myth
Quake Champions throws knights, cyborgs, and alien warlords into the same arena, and these build whole worlds on that same collision. Ghost in the Shell wires an old question about the soul into a cybernetic future, Galaxy Express 999 sends its hero chasing a mechanical body across a folklore-tinged rail line, Fullmetal Alchemist fuses alchemy with industrial engineering, and Phoenix carries the same myth of rebirth across centuries.