Will Microsoft Reboot Quake?

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Published on September 7, 2021 11:31:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2XfL4r0Lv4

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Quake (1996)

Duration: 11:55

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Games are very expensive to make with modern titles like Cyberpunk 2077 costing well over 300 million to develop when you include marketing to get people informed and excited about your title. Rebooting eliminates some of this risk and some of this cost as people are already a little familiar with the series, and usually you have some core ideas to build around.

The recent remaster of Quake that was available for free if you already owned the game on Steam or available on Game Pass in celebration of QuakeCon 2021 got me thinking about if bring the series into the modern era would work. With rebooting games being more popular than ever, does it make sense to reboot the Quake series that started in 1996 and revolutionized the FPS genre with 3D?

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