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• Quake Champions raw gameplay footage shows just how slow today's shooters have become

  Quake Champions isn’t holding back in this trailer.

• Quake Champions will be a free-to-play title unless you purchase it

  Bethesda has confirmed id Software’s competitive arena-style FPS, Quake Champions, will be free-to-play with a purchasable option.

• Quake Champions trailer shows off Blood Covenant arena, new champion Nyx

  Quake Champions is back in the limelight with a look at one of its reimagined maps, and new hero Nyx.

• John Carmack is suing Zenimax for $22 million

  John Carmack is seemingly not done with Zenimax just yet.

• You can now sign-up for the Quake Champions closed beta

  Closed beta sign-ups for Quake Champions, id Software’s competitive arena-style FPS, are now live.

• QuakeCon 2017 returns to Dallas in August with new venue

  This year marks the 22nd annual QuakeCon. Can you believe it? 22 years. How many of you feel ancient hearing that?

• Hell Followed is the latest premium DLC release for DOOM and it's out now ahead of Double XP weekend

  The second premium DLC pack for DOOM has arrived just in time for a Double XP weekend.

• Voice of Wolfenstein: The New Order's BJ Blazkowicz teases sequel

  If you’re in the mood for a new Wolfenstein game, someone is teasing just that.

• Private Matches and Deathmatch coming with DOOM Free Update 3 later this month

  It’s coming as promised: DOOM is getting Deathmatch and Private Matches later this month.

• Quake Champions: id Software hasn't yet decided if it's free-to-play

  Quake Champions hasn’t settled on a revenue structure yet.

• DOOM's free Update 2 out tomorrow, Unto the Evil DLC dated, earn double XP this weekend

  We have three different bits of DOOM news for you today, so let’s get started.

• Doom should now run faster, be more stable, thanks to Vulkan support

  Doom now supports the Vulkan graphics API.

• "No excuses. No limitations" - id on why Quake Champions is a PC exclusive

  The upcoming Quake Champions will make use of the power of PC to deliver high frame-rates.

• Fascinating historical archive shows just how much Quake changed during development

  Quake is having a birthday, and we get the present.

• Free Doom demo has been extended

  You now have more time to try out the Doom demo, if you haven’t already.

• Doom shoots to the top of the UK game charts after price cut

  Overwatch’s three week reign is finished.

• Quake Champions unveiled by Bethesda

  Bethesda has shown off a CGI trailer for Quake Champions at their E3 Showcase.

• DOOM multiplayer update balances weapons, reduces wait between matches

  Improvements to DOOM’s multiplayer have been applied.

• Private matches coming to DOOM in free update expected this summer

  Id’s working on it.