Quake (series)

Quake
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Developer(s)	id Software Raven Software Hyperion Entertainment Bullfrog Productions Lobotomy Software Raster Productions Hammerhead
Publisher(s)	GT Interactive (1996–1997) Activision (1997–2009) Electronic Arts (2001) (Quake III Revolution) Square Electronic Arts (2001) (Quake III Revolution Japanese version) Bethesda Softworks (2010–present) Nvidia (2019) (Quake II RTX) Other Softbank Macmillan Digital Publishing USA Sega Midway Games Village Roadshow Pictures MacSoft Loki Software Tsukuda Original MediaQuest
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Dreamcast Nintendo Switch
First release	Quake June 22, 1996
Latest release	Quake Champions August 22, 2017

Quake is a series of first-person shooter video games, developed by id Software and, as of 2010, published by Bethesda Softworks. The series is composed of the eponymous game from 1996 and its nonlinear, standalone sequels which vary in setting and plot.

Games[]

Original storyline[]

The game's original plot focused on the player character, later known as "Ranger" in Quake III: Arena, who travels across alternate dimensions to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The game takes place in a Lovecraftian setting with a mixture of dark fantasy, pseudo-medieval, and science fiction.^[1][2]

• Quake (1996)
  • Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon (1997)
  • Quake Mission Pack No. 2: Dissolution of Eternity (1997)
  • Quake: Dimension of the Past (2016; chronologically set between Quake and its two expansions)
  • Quake: Dimension of the Machine (2021)

Quake II storyline[]

An in-name-only game that shifted the series to the science fiction genre, Quake II and its sequels chronicle the war between humanity and the cybernetic alien race known as the Strogg.^[3]

• Quake II (1997)
  • Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (1998)
  • Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (1998)
• Quake 4 (2005)
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007; a spin-off of the series and a successor to Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, with a storyline set before the events of Quake II)

Arena series[]

Quake III Arena and its successors focus on competitive multiplayer rather than a single-player experience. These games de-emphasized the setting of the first two installments while still retaining continuity with them and crossing over with id's Doom franchise. Quake Champions, in particular, is heavily influenced by the mythology of the original game.^[4]

• Quake III Arena (1999)
  • Quake III: Team Arena (2000)
  • Quake Live (2010; an updated version of Quake III Arena originally designed as a free-to-play game launched via a web plug-in)
• Quake Champions (2017)

Reception[]

Since its first release, the series has received mostly positive reviews.

See also[]

• QuakeWorld - an update to id Software's seminal multiplayer deathmatch game, Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features
• Unreal - a rival franchise developed by Epic Games that began in 1998.

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