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For quite some time now, there's been rumours surrounding a possible remastered release of the highly acclaimed sequel to the original Lovecraft-ian FPS, Quake II.

The rumour has been going on for months, only to be fueled further by what seemed to be a rating board mistake from South Korea, rating Quake II Remastered back in June, and several other leakers in the industry claiming that the title was set to be announced in QuakeCon 2023. French site Dealabs and its reporter billbil-kun has reported today that indeed Quake II Remastered will be coming with an August release date, and that said release date will actually be today, August 10th, right at the start of QuakeCon 2023, which is set to take place from August 10th to August 13th.

The Remaster will apparently be available for multiple systems, counting PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X and Nintendo Switch as well, and the price tag according to the rumour will be of $10 USD, coinciding with the price tag for the Quake 1 Remaster released a couple years ago, back in 2021.

We're just a few hours away from QuakeCon 2023 starting, so it's only a matter of hours to find out.

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[Kioku]

Oh my.. If there's split screen here too, I'm gonna lose my mind.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Only $10? Rockstar, look at that!

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Hooray!

 

[Latiodile]

wonder if it'll be given to owners of the original version on steam/gog like quake 1 was, hopefully it will be

edit: it was given to owners on steam as well as gog

 

[Bladexdsl]

shut up and take my pirate

 

[ShadowOne333]

wonder if it'll be given to owners of the original version on steam/gog like quake 1 was, hopefully it will be

I'm crossing my fingers it will, and I have no doubt they will.
I already have both Quake 1 and Quake 2 purchased on Steam, and if the upgrade is free, then damn will this be a fun week.

 

[Xzi]

Would've preferred a remaster of Quake 3 for the purposes of playing more Rocket Arena, but this isn't bad either.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

It leaked on the eshop !

Both official expansions included!
Gyro!
New campaign unit!
New models!
Cross platform coop and death match! 16 player!
4 player splitscreen!
Muzzle flashes!
Enhanced models and improved AI!
Quake 2 64!!!!

 

[Noctosphere]

Only $10? Rockstar, look at that!

A remaster for 10$ or a port for 50$... Hard choice....

 

[Marc_LFD]

A remaster for 10$ or a port for 50$... Hard choice....

They're both old games and in no way is Red Dead Redemption worth $50, even the superior Xbox Series X version costs less.

 

[supaplex]

I'm crossing my fingers it will, and I have no doubt they will.
I already have both Quake 1 and Quake 2 purchased on Steam, and if the upgrade is free, then damn will this be a fun week.

Good news! The remaster is indeed free if you had Q2 purchased, I just looked at my library and I have it. Man, Q1 remaster was balls, this will be super fun for sure as well.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Good news! The remaster is indeed free if you had Q2 purchased, I just looked at my library and I have it. Man, Q1 remaster was balls, this will be super fun for sure as well.

Oh it was released already?!

 

[Xzi]

Oh it was released already?!

Yep, wish they would've renamed it as a separate release though. It appears as just an update to Quake II, so most people probably won't know they have it until they go digging.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Yep, wish they would've renamed it as a separate release though. It appears as just an update to Quake II, so most people probably won't know they have it until they go digging.

That's confusing. So people can't play the original if they want?

Just have Quake II Original and Quake II Remastered.

 

[Kioku]

That's confusing. So people can't play the original if they want?

Just have Quake II Original and Quake II Remastered.

I think you can, I get the option for launch Quake II (Original), much like with Quake.

Can’t imagine wanting to, but having the option is indeed nice.

 

[Richy Freeway]

wonder if it'll be given to owners of the original version on steam/gog like quake 1 was, hopefully it will be

Can confirm that it is.

 

[GenNaz]

That's confusing. So people can't play the original if they want?

Just have Quake II Original and Quake II Remastered.

Nah it's still available - when you hit Play Steam you will ask you which version you'd like to launch, just like Quake 1.

 

[Viri]

Only $10? Rockstar, look at that!

It's even more sad, because you can buy a physical copy of RDR1 for half the price on Amazon, that includes the multiplayer.
You can probably find it for half the price of Amazon's price used on eBay, if you look around enough.

 

[ZDA]

Pretty excited about this, I've been playing quake 1 a lot recently and have been enjoying it more than most modern FPS's