Quake Arena Arcade Finally Coming to XBLA on December 15

December 10, 2010 6:00 PM

Shacknews has a long, detailed history with the Quake franchise, so the announcement of a multiplayer-only Quake title coming to the XBLA was understandability huge when it happened. Or at least I suspect it was, since the game was first announced for the XBLA back at QuakeCon 2007--before my time here.

Today, Bethesda announced that Quake Arena Arcade will finally arrive on the Xbox Live Arcade platform this coming Wednesday, December 15.

The game recently reappeared after its long hiatus from the Arcade spotlight in early October, when it appeared on the Australian classification ratings board website.

Sadly, the game has yet to be priced; however, we're going to go ahead and assume it's not nearly as cheap as it is to play a version of the game right now, in your browser for free. Or mostly free that is.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Finchypoo

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December 10, 2010 6:04 PM

Can't wait to play that with a gamepad :-(
- Godhatesfatpeople
  
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  December 10, 2010 6:17 PM
  
  haha
- crazypsycho
  
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  December 10, 2010 6:19 PM
  
  Damnit, I clicked onto the comment page precisely to post that. Bastard! :p
- the archvile
  
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  December 10, 2010 7:55 PM
  
  I played the demo of this at QuakeCon 2009; it looked fun, but exasperating that I didn't have the precise aiming of a mouse. I hope this will find a home among many of the 360-only gamers out there.
- [deleted] 1271987451
  
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  December 10, 2010 8:34 PM
  
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- clickles
  
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  December 10, 2010 10:30 PM
  
  I mean how does one effectively strafe jump or even rocket jump with a gamepad? I think I'd rather drag my face around on the concrete.
  - dantastic
    
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    December 10, 2010 10:40 PM
    
    you could probably do it if you mapped jump to the left trigger
  - Haxim
    
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    December 11, 2010 7:32 AM
    
    It's really just a matter of getting comfortable / competent enough with a very high sensitivity.
- dantastic
  
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  December 10, 2010 10:39 PM
  
  haha you guys are a bunch of tools. you know that you can still play the PC one right?
  - verminer
    
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    December 11, 2010 8:00 AM
    
    it's not the same game though. I'm sure it isn't about pc/console, but as he's saying it's about the control input. and would probably love to play it on 360. but the mouse is required. 360 can use usb mice, so it really should have been supported with this game, as it's a completely different game without it. it isn't the game advertised.