ESRB leaks 'Quake III: Team Arena' for Xbox 360 (XBLA?)

by Christopher Grant { Apr 9th 2007 at 6:28PM }

The ESRB is always a great place to spot upcoming Xbox Live Arcade titles with the word "arena" in the title (Wing Commander Arena, anyone?). Without the enormous lead times of their retail counterparts (see Shadowrun above), these digitally distributed darlings will often sneak in under the radar. Take the Xbox 360 listing for Quake III: Team Arena above. The 1999 multiplayer classic would be a perfect fit for the Xbox Live service (right alongside older brother DOOM), and the newly enlarged 150MB size limit could make it a possibility. Or maybe this is just a retail port, though we can't imagine it faring well in today's competitive FPS environment.

We've asked Microsoft and Pi Studios to comment on the listing.

[Via GameAlmighty]

Tags: ESRB, id-Software, Pi-Studios, Quake, Quake-Arena-Arcade, Quake-III-Team-Arena, Quake-XBLA, XBLA

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dark @ Apr 9th 2007 6:32PM

ooooooooooooooo, Quake III Arena.

xbox360!?!! SCREW THAT!!!!

clouds @ Apr 9th 2007 6:42PM

quake 3 on a console will suck, and it's made by some offshoot of Raven (Raven made Quake 4 and that was so very mediocre)

jc @ Apr 9th 2007 6:40PM

Sounds great! I hated the game on PC because all the insanely accurate railgunners. At least with a gimped controller, I'd be able to survive for 5 seconds maybe.

Draco @ Apr 9th 2007 6:41PM

This game was a Dreamcast and PS2 wasn't it?

ActionJackson @ Apr 9th 2007 7:04PM

The new size limit is 150 MB, not 250 MB, which Joystiq keeps (mis)reporting.

MooseMuffin @ Apr 9th 2007 7:21PM

Quake 3 is far too fast of a game for console controllers. The port may be perfect, but it won't be the same game.

MGSLOL @ Apr 9th 2007 7:47PM

@ ActionJackson

"The new size limit is 150 MB, not 250 MB, which Joystiq keeps (mis)reporting."

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3156520

Oh really now?

MIkesOnline @ Apr 9th 2007 7:59PM

Very cool. I always liked Quake 3 Arena better than Unreal Tournament. Although I really like both of them. If this is true I'll be getting it.

tituspullo @ Apr 9th 2007 8:00PM

looks like xbla is the place to be

ActionJackson @ Apr 9th 2007 8:09PM

@MGSLOL

Funny, because I don't recall seeing anything about 250 MB from the official press release.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-04512MBMemoryUnitPR.mspx

Oh wait MGS, everything posted on 1UP is always true! lol.

RUSKULL @ Apr 9th 2007 8:25PM

ok, as cool as this may seem, this game only really meets it's fast and frantic potential with keyboard and mouse. Sorry, but it's true. BTW, huge fan, even owned TA back in the day, so not trying to hate on this.

Randall Bennett @ Apr 9th 2007 8:43PM

Anyone else remember when Q3A was on dreamcast how awff the hook it was? A fun game is a fun game, and for an XBLA title, it'd be perfect.

Grant @ Apr 9th 2007 10:10PM

Say what you will, but i played both the pc and dreamcast versions, and once you got used to the highest controller sensitivity level, they were practically the same. the problem is people never tweak the settings to get the most out of their games.
i started playing halo 2 at a friends house the other day, with sensitivity set at default, the game was unbearable and slow until i fixed it.