Quake Champions announced!

CGI Announcement Trailer:

Tim Willits notes on the game:

PC only
Multiplayer only
120fps target (unlocked fps)
Fast paced movement (strafe jumping, rocket jumping, "ledge popup" ... double jump?)
Different Characters with different abilities
Bethesda to support tournaments beyond QuakeCon
He mentioned the character "Nyx" being his favorite because she is fast and rocket jumps high which could mean different movement speeds per characters

Observations from the trailer:

Ranger picked up an LG, so hopefully weapon pickups are a thing (and not limited to only holding 2 weapons or some such nonsense)
Player models i saw where Ranger, Visor and 2 new ones: Nyx and Scalebearer
Different sized models may hint at different sized hitboxes per character
Jumppads
Weapons in the trailer:
- Shotgun (looks a bit like the Q3 one from the side)
- Lightning Gun
- Railgun
- Rocket Launcher (Q3 styled, yay)
- Machine Gun (looks a bit like the HMG from QL)
- Gauntlet
Possible "abilities":
- Wallhack for Visor
- Bull Rush: Some sort of speed dash/running ability for Scalebearer
- Dire Orb: Throwable purple teleport orb for Ranger
- Phase Out: A different sort of Teleport for Nyx whiuch shows a blue trace of where she went

Links: Homepage,

@QuakeChampions

noctis

While the ability nonsense disappointed me it looks like the characters all only have one. If the hitboxes are all the same size for each character and everyone can hold every weapon i think i can stomach the hero shooter influence. ;)

Though i wonder what this means for a gametype like CTF (teleport abilities?) or Duel (uneven ground?).

Guess we'll find out at QuakeCon for the actual game reveal.

posted 8 years ago

xou

So... you're going to QuakeCon now? :)

xero

The skills might be implemented in a similar way that Runes were implemented for QL.

Algol1

Great, no Linux or Mac. That's just sad for a traditionally multi-platform game. Heck, Quake 1 was developed on Linux on Alpha!

While Linux or Mac are unlikely, i'd say you should probably wait for QuakeCon for that. I think they only said PC, not which OS.

Then I'll keep the hope alive until they decapitate me with a Windows CD.

hoshi

From what ive seen its possible that they will use the Vulkan API instead of DX12. From a technical point of view a Linux port might be possible without too much trouble because Linux actually supports Vulkan. Only question is if they will do it :-)

filo

Does amd have an anwser to vulkan? ... i am buying a new rig... and rx480 seems a better choice atm.

Absolutely

hah nice... then its a no brainer. i aint giving nvidia shit load of money, cuz they havent delivered in mid class.

alltho 1070 maybe/dunno

ooooo yiiiiiis!... i don't mind hero abilities... overwatch has shown that everything can be balanced.

... also i got a little doom vibe form all of this, wtf i like it. I guess it was the music and sounds,nice.

SwantanamoJ

I'm hyped and even more scared.

Qvist

These coming years will be good for FPS players, another golden age is upon us! :D