Quake Live to get major update

Posted May 3, 2009 at 11:08AM by Glenn M. Listed in: News Tags: id Software, Linux, PunkBuster, Quake

Following the rather shaky start for the free FPS, Quake Live, id Software is now ready to give the browser shooter some major updates. Marty Stratton of id posts details of the update on the Quake Live Forum, where he confirms new additions coming to the game.

Stratton mentioned a lot of changes, but here's the gist of what he posted:

Re-working of the Practice section

Changed the start of a Practice Match to be nearly identical to a private server/match
Additional written tutorials and training arenas

Mid-match balancing
New maps
Addition of private matches
A new skill matching system
Competition Feature set: allows time-outs, locking teams, and other admin rights
Fixing Punkbuster's player-kicking
Mac/Linux support
Additional server locations
Other third-party plans

Match broadcasting, spectator features
Some level of integrated and more easily accessible demo support/functionality
Community-made maps
"Social Network" functionality

Follow the source below to the Quake Live forum for more details.

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by Neo-Tech - 2009-05-03 22:28

� Free game or what?

Is this a free game or what? I'm confused.

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by vitorgatti - 2009-05-04 04:16

� free

the game is free to play, and you play trough the browser (IE or Firefox)

it's Quake III, but now free for all!

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