It looks like iD Software, makers of DOOM, and Bethesda are going to announce Quake 2 Remastered during QuakeCon 2023 after a new rating sprang up in South Korea (thanks, Gematsu). A similar situation happened in 2021 when the rating for Quake Remastered appeared a few weeks before the FPS game’s official announcement.
The description calls it “an FPS game that wages war against the hostile alien race, Strogg, who plans to invade the earth [with] excessive expression of violence.” There’s also no shortage of “blood and body damage.”
So basically it’s your standard iD game.
The remastered version of the first Quake included all the game’s expansions, updated graphics, and a few different screen support options for roughly $9.99, though it frequently goes on sale as well. It also launched on console and PC simultaneously, and this one likely will as well.
Quake 2 drops you in the middle of a war between humans and the alien Strogg race, with a brand-new setting and shiny new weapons to help in the race to shut down the Strogg war machine before it’s too late. It originally launched in 1997, so the updated graphics would certainly be appreciated.
QuakeCon 2023 begins Aug. 10, 2023.
As for what else iD might be working on, that’s a bit of a mystery. They didn’t show up at the Xbox showcase, and Todd Howard debunked rumors that they aided in developing Starfield‘s combat.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
