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Premium service coming to QuakeLive, Carmack confirms

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John Carmack just confirmed that a premium, subs-based service is on the way to QuakeLive.

The free-to-play shooter isn't supportable on ad revenue alone, the developer said.

The game's not in danger, Carmack assured, and it's not a failure.

He said it would probably never become a completely non-free service.

JC was speaking in the Quakecon 2009 press conference. Hit our liveblog for more.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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