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Quake Live coming soon to Steam

QuakeCon opened with the announcement that Quake Live will soon arrive on Steam.

July 17, 2014 5:05 PM

For those Quake Live fans that have an aversion to standalone clients, QuakeCon has your needs met. This year's event opened up with the news that Quake Live would be coming to Steam.

No date has been given for Quake Live's upcoming Steam release. For those PC users that can't wait that long, the client is currently available through the Quake Live website. Unfortunately, since Mac and Linux still does not support the client, those users may just have to wait for that Steam release.

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July 17, 2014 5:05 PM

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QuakeCon opened with the announcement that Quake Live will soon arrive on Steam.
- Serpico74
  
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  July 17, 2014 5:18 PM
  
  Oh hell yes. Hopefully this means more people playing, its such a great game
- maulla
  
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  July 17, 2014 5:29 PM
  
  Sweet, definitely needs more exposure
- DeBurgo
  
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  July 17, 2014 5:32 PM
  
  does this mean bethesda plans on at least curating the id back catalog?
  
  for example, i'd love a new official source port of doom with a built-in level-editor and steamworks support. something like that could be nuuuuts.
- Finchypoo
  
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  July 17, 2014 5:43 PM
  
  Sweet, I'd much rather play it through steam than launch the stupid website.....I hope that goes away.
  - Serpico74
    
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    July 17, 2014 5:51 PM
    
    They did away with the website a couple months ago, now its a standalone client. Nobody seems to know though, so its great that its going to Steam
    - maulla
      
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      July 17, 2014 5:58 PM
      
      The client is pretty clunky, though
      - pyide
        
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        July 17, 2014 7:35 PM
        
        Which is unfortunate because Steam will likely just launch that thing, right? I'd like to see full steam integration but I don't see that happening.
- Ocelot
  
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  July 17, 2014 5:54 PM
  
  This game is too hardcore. It will never become mainstream. It occupies the space in people's brains that Linux does to the majority of people.
- thecatinthehat
  
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  July 17, 2014 6:00 PM
  
  Should make a web gl/javescript version.
- Visceral Monkey
  
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  July 17, 2014 6:23 PM
  
  Does it still have the paid maps that killed it?
- megarust32
  
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  July 17, 2014 7:22 PM
  
  Nice, good move
- cptincognito
  
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  July 17, 2014 9:07 PM
  
  This is great news.
- satsun
  
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  July 17, 2014 9:59 PM
  
  Makes sense. I checked in on the game last week by going to the website and it downloaded a standalone client.