The Xbox Developer Direct 2024 was a cornucopia of reveals, footage, and details about what’s coming to Xbox this yr. We bought a proper reveal of Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, a launch date for Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga, extra details about Obsidian’s Avowed, a shock look from Sq. Enix with an replace on Visions of Mana, and an in-depth have a look at Ara: Historical past Untold. However followers additionally noticed one thing else on MachineGames’ whiteboard: the phrases Quake 6, proper subsequent to the iconic Quake brand. Naturally, they’re freaking out.
The tease was first noticed on the Quake subreddit, and hypothesis for what a brand new Quake would possibly appear to be has already began. You may see the brand and title for your self in Machinegames’ Official Gameplay reveal at about 11:36 in, or in the screenshot beneath.
The odd factor about all of that is that there is not formally a Quake 5… until you rely Quake Champions, a free-to-play, hero shooter tackle the basic IP. It may simply be a jest on MachineGames’ half.
If it isn’t, although, the solely developer extra certified to work on a brand new Quake might be sequence creator id Software program. Along with bringing id’s other-other-classic-shooter-franchise-not-named-DOOM to trendy audiences with their tackle Wolfenstein, MachineGames additionally has a historical past of engaged on Quake. The studio made two expansions for the unique Quake – Dimension of the Previous and Dimension of the Machine – which have been included in the 2021 remaster. Machinegames additionally developed 28 new marketing campaign ranges and a brand new Deathmatch stage for final yr’s remaster of Quake 2. If anybody moreover id goes to develop a brand new Quake, Machinegames looks as if a pure selection.
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Will Borger is an IGN freelancer. You will discover him on Twitter @bywillborger.