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The Nightdive Studios enhanced Quake II re-release is now Steam Deck Verified
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.
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Quake II is now Steam Deck Verified!
Steam post imageQuake II is now Steam Deck Verified and Handheld Optimized on Xbox ROG Ally devices.
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Quake's AI tech demo is the new worst way to play id's classic FPS
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 ha…
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Grab 7 of the best boomer shooters on PC for just $18 right now
'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 p…
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Step aside graphics cards, you can now run ray tracing on a CPU
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 d…
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The Steam Awards 2023, Nominate Quake II!
We humbly ask you consider nominating Quake II for Labor of Love in The Steam Awards 2023!
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QUAKE II - UPDATE 1 (HOTFIX)
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 upd…
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QUAKE II - UPDATE 1 RELEASE NOTES
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…
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Quake 2 enhanced is here: Relive the classic with updated graphics and new content
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,…
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One of the greatest FPS games of the '90s just got remastered
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 i…
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QUAKE II RE-RELEASE PATCH NOTES & FAQ
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 Ser…
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Quake 2 remaster released, includes Quake 2 64 and new expansion
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 Gro…
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South Korea leaks the existence of Quake 2 Remastered a mere 2 years after it leaked the existence of Quake 1 Remastered
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 Ge…
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Get Bethesda's best games for dirt cheap ahead of Starfield
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 t…
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We’re simplifying the id Software Steam Store Listings
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 di…
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Action Quake 2, ancestor of CSGO, now has standalone Steam release
The Quake mod AQtion Quake 2 is on Steam as a standalone release, making it for the first time since the FPS game mod came onto the scene in disc form back in 1998. AQtion's creators credit it as the game that inspired…
