Bethesda’s fundraiser during this weekend’s Quakecon that Home eventually received over 30,000 dollars – about 267,000 kroner. As a thank you, the developer is giving away both Quake II and Quake III: Arena to anyone who is fast enough.
Quake II is free now, but only until 6pm on Friday 14 August. The free doors for Quake III open at 18:00 on Monday 17 August, after which you have 72 hours to pick up a copy.
It all happens via Bethesda’s own desktop program. If you do not already have one, you need to download the Bethesda.net Launcher via developer’s website, log in with your Bethesda account and then download the games.
Both Quake II and Quake III: Arena – originally launched in 1997 and 1999 respectively – became very popular in their time. Quake II follows a Marine in combat against aliens, while Quake III focuses exclusively on multiplayer combat.
Despite the fact that the games drag on over the years, Quake II recently received an update, which introduced so-called ray tracing graphics. A trial version is available for free via Steam, while anyone who owns Quake II on the Valve platform can experience the entire game with ray tracing on.
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