{"id":323758,"date":"2025-10-18T10:48:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/quake-2021-steam-update-quakecon"},"modified":"2025-10-18T10:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:48:50","slug":"new-quake-project-hinted-at-again-as-quake-on-steam-gets-beta-branch-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-quake-project-hinted-at-again-as-quake-on-steam-gets-beta-branch-update\/","title":{"rendered":"New Quake project hinted at again as Quake on Steam gets beta branch update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/new-quake-project-hinted-at-again-as-quake-on-steam-gets-beta-branch-update.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>It looks like owners of the original <strong>Quake<\/strong> game on Steam may be in for a big surprise as <strong>QuakeCon 2021<\/strong> draws ever closer.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2310\/depots\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SteamDB tracker<\/a>, which gives users an insight into the mysterious goings-on on the Steam storefront&#8217;s backend, has picked up two updates to <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2310\/QUAKE\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the original Quake game on Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the history that&#8217;s being logged by the tracker, a new beta branch has been added to the game, as well as a new 64-bit executable. What could that mean? It could mean that we&#8217;re getting some sort of ray-tracing update to the original game (simiarly to what we&#8217;ve seen with Quake 2, previously) or it could mean that we&#8217;re getting a teaser for a whole new Quake project, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/quake-2021-steam-update-quakecon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/quake-2021-steam-update-quakecon\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like owners of the original Quake game on Steam may be in for a big surprise as QuakeCon 2021 draws ever closer. The SteamDB tracker, which gives users an insight into the mysterious goings-on on the Steam storefront&#8217;s backend, has picked up two updates to the original Quake game on Steam. According to the history that&#8217;s being logged by the tracker, a new beta branch has been added to the game, as well as a new 64-bit executable. What could that mean? It could mean that we&#8217;re getting some sort of ray-tracing update to the original game (simiarly to what we&#8217;ve seen with Quake 2, previously) or it could mean that we&#8217;re getting a teaser for a whole new Quake project, too. 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