MachineGames could have hinted at a brand new Quake recreation in the course of the Developer Direct – WGB
The Developer Direct that came about and gave us a powerful have a look at what Xbox has deliberate for the remainder of the yr, together with Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, which is launching fairly quickly. However the star of the present was MachineGames exhibiting off their upcoming Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, confirmed to be popping out later this yr. Except for giving us a glimpse at Indy’s newest journey, MachineGames could have dropped a serious trace.
As noticed by the eagle eyes of JigglesBunny on ResetEra, a whiteboard is proven in the course of the presentation. There are some things on the board that appear to be fast doodles of puzzles, however probably the most attention-grabbing factor is a Quake brand, together with what appears to be a part of a phrase ending in “..AKE6.”
The phrase and the emblem would counsel MachineGames hinting at a brand new recreation, presumably Quake 6. The whiteboard in query pops up at 11:34 within the presentation.
There’s one small hiccup: there isn’t really a Quake 5, so MachineGames can be taking a leaf out of Microsoft’s Home windows playbook and skipping a complete quantity. Nonetheless, Quake Champions is mostly categorised as Quake 5 and will internally be thought-about as that. With that stated, I do really feel that any new Quake recreation at this level would probably be a reboot just like what I’d have carried out with the brand new DOOM video games, or certainly what MachineGames has been doing with the Wolfenstein sequence.
Rumours of a brand new Quake recreation have been circulating for years, with most of them agreeing that will probably be a challenge labored on by id Software program and MachineGames. The DOOM reboot was vastly profitable, and whereas the Wolfenstein sequence has struggled extra, each of the video games are incredible, in my eyes. I’m not counting the fucking terrible Wolfenstein: Youngblood, thoughts you. And it will additionally imply Microsoft will get to taut proudly owning 5 of the most important names in FPS: Quake, DOOM, Wolfenstein, Name of Obligation and Halo.
The primary two Quake video games additionally acquired new “enhanced” variations in 2021 and 2022. Whereas we don’t have any stable monetary particulars to go on, each releases have been obtained effectively by the general public and critics. Quake 2 holds a reasonably spectacular Opencritic rating of 89, for instance.
Earlier than that, the sequence was on one thing of a hiatus. Quake Champions arrived in 2017 as a multiplayer-focused free-to-play shooter that individuals appeared to love however struggled to take care of a great playerbase. Earlier than that was 2010’s Quake Stay, additionally a free-to-play recreation.
Is it time for Quake to return?
