Quake Live progressed to its open beta phase just a week ago and, so far, the transition hasn’t been going completely smoothly.
Eager Quake Live players have been battling the queuing system, which has become bloated with tens of thousands of users. Id has reassured fans that it has a solution though. Read on for the latest after the jump.
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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.
Everyone’s favourite shoot-em-up is about to get a new lease of life as ID Software fires up a new version of Quake that’ll run in a browser and let you frag opponents on any PC… even the one at work.