Quake Live getting a new map every week for six weeks
by Griffin McElroy 
{ May 17th 2009 at 6:00PM } 
As promised in an a forum post earlier in the month, id will be rolling out new maps for their successful in-browser shooter Quake Live in the near, near future. However, we didn't really expect their benevolence to come in such enormous portions -- starting tomorrow, they'll be adding a new map to the game every week for six weeks. Why, that's ... hold on. (Carry the one, find the square root, find the value of B ...) That's six maps!
Tomorrow's new battleground is a remake of Hidden Fortress, ripped from the Dreamcast version of Quake III Arena. id has promised to include more classic maps in its upcoming downloadable salvo, so keep your eyes peeled for more familiar fragging grounds over the next month and a half.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
handlas @ May 17th 2009 6:06PM
kewl. Can't wait till they make it able to play on my Mac so I can sit and play on my laptop as well.
ShadowOp @ May 17th 2009 10:35PM
Heyo bro,
You do know that you can get that stuff on your comp even with a mac, right?
handlas @ May 17th 2009 11:05PM
nah I dunno....unless you got that thing that makes you able to run windows on your mac.
Reader @ May 18th 2009 1:20AM
Bootcamp.
Damian @ May 17th 2009 6:38PM
So by the time i finally get through the queue, ill have like 10 maps to play on.
Ted @ May 17th 2009 8:51PM
There hasn't been a queue for months, ever since they did some serious backend work.
Those who registered when the queue was still in place even got an achievement, Queue Live ;)
Warp Whistle @ May 17th 2009 7:22PM
It's an in-browser game? Last I heard it was coming to XBLA. Did I miss something here...
handlas @ May 17th 2009 8:13PM
dunno but the PC beta has been going on for awhile. Runs thru your browser. It's pretty kewl. Has a friends list and stat tracking and everything.
Einhanderkiller @ May 17th 2009 8:54PM
You're thinking of Quake III: Arena. Quake Live is like an upgraded Q3, but played through your browser. Not sure why they're bringing Q3 to XBLA, though, considering that Quake Live is completely free.
MrKlorox @ May 17th 2009 9:51PM
Yeah. Calling it an "in-browser" game is kind of wrong. Sure you have to launch the game form a browser, but it just launches an activex plugin that launches an external program. It's not like a flash container or anything.
Shagittarius @ May 17th 2009 7:24PM
CONNECTION INTERRUPTED
Christopher Grant @ May 18th 2009 12:25PM
Mac version: WANT!
colin @ May 18th 2009 9:44PM
Oh wow! The memories! I havent played in years, but i just got on and completely owned some clansmen