id announces Quake Arena for Xbox Live Arcade

by Jared Rea { Aug 3rd 2007 at 8:59PM }

The finest railgun in the business will be making its way to Xbox Live Arcade as id announces Quake Arena for Microsoft's download service. Previously, this release was merely a rumor fueled by a surprise listing on the ESRB website, so it's great to finally have an official word to go on.

Also true to the ESRB listing is that Pi Studios -- best known for their work on the Call of Duty series and the upcoming Mercaneries 2: World in Flame -- is behind the port.

No comment as to when Quake Arena will see release was made by id.

Tags: id-Software, Pi-Studios, Quake-Arena-Arcade, Quake-XBLA, quakecon, xbla

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

x silence x @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:02PM

OMG! This should be F'n sweet!!!

BNinjaC @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:10PM

I made a promise to myself never to buy another xbla game but than id come along to mess with my brain...

the bastards... :)

polly @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:11PM

Holy fuggin shiz...that is awesome news

horngreen @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:26PM

It will be interesting to see how this works out.

colin @ Aug 3rd 2007 9:28PM

[360] haters gonna hate, ballers gonna ball, players gonna play.

Progz @ Aug 4th 2007 2:18PM

omfg ill be buying this no doubt... this is fucking amazing.

Billy @ Aug 4th 2007 2:40AM

If this is actually Q3A... I will shit my damn pants. One of my favorite games of all time on PC.

buff0x @ Aug 4th 2007 8:08AM

will suck with no mouse + kboard, will stick to playing it on my pc

ScreamingSkull @ Aug 4th 2007 11:39AM

This could be intensely awesome. Especially if they bump up the res of the textures and what-not.

deaftly @ Aug 4th 2007 1:35PM

ill be getting this most def

x876543 @ Aug 6th 2007 8:08AM

Seriously, why not just buy the original Q3A and play on a KB and mouse? If this connects to public servers XBLA players will get owned by the players on the computers. I still play this game on my computer and I have had it since it came out. Also there are like 5 major mods that are played: CTFS, RA3, and some others. What about map packs? There have been like over 100 maps created that lots of people play, and they were all created by the users not id, (except the 3wave maps).