Quake Live is opening its doors to all for the next phase of its beta testing, starting today. Quake Live is a specially adapted version of the legendary multiplayer game Quake 3: Arena, streamlined to make it playable in a web browser window, even on a low-end PC. It’s free too, so anyone can play – even while you’re at work… at least until five seconds after your network admin finds out.
id Software, the brains behind the seminal Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein series, hopes that Quake Live’s free-to-play model will earn its keep via unintrusive advertising around the game, instead of the subscription / micro-transaction model used by other titles. The fact that it can run in a browser, should give it an immediate advantage for getting new players on board, because no new software is required at all.
Today’s launch of the open beta concludes the closed beta stage – all player statistics from the closed beta are going to be wiped. But for stat junkies, be aware that this is the last time id plans on doing a total wipe – you’ll have to stick it through the open beta phase if you want to be on top when the final version is made ready.
If you want to sign up, join in the hype and find out further info, go and check out the official website and the Facebook page. Anyone who wants to enter the open beta will be able to sign up later on today.
Out today | £Free | Quake Live (via Softpedia)
