Quake III Arena

Initial release Dec. 2, 1999

Developers

Bullfrog Productions
id Software
Pi Studios

Genres

Shooter

Publishers

Activision
Electronic Arts
SEGA

Franchise Quake

Quake III Arena Feed

A black and white illustration of a small vintage-era sci-fi rocket blasting into space and leaving a cloud of fumes behind it.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Rockets

Explosive stuff.

Nov. 6, 2025 Robert Purchese

21 comments

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Power-ups

What do you pick?

Sept. 11, 2025 Robert Purchese

14 comments

The tail-end of a huge blue whale, as seen from the wreckage of a ship underwater. It's a VR demo.

Feature

The game demos we remember most fondly of all

Disc dive.

Feb. 18, 2023 Robert Purchese

204 comments

News

id Software consolidating Steam games to lessen confusion

Far from doomed.

Aug. 11, 2022 Ed Nightingale

4 comments

Podcast

Meet the UK's first professional gamer, Quake legend Sujoy Roy

In the very first episode of One-to-one.

Nov. 8, 2021 Robert Purchese

18 comments

Dark blue icons of video game controllers on a light blue background

Review

Quake III Arena review

Review - the best console first person shooter ever, and very few mistakes

Sept. 28, 2021 Tom Bramwell

1 comment

News

Bethesda confirms all-digital QuakeCon 2021

Coming in August.

July 16, 2021 Tom Phillips

3 comments

News

Bethesda giving out Quake 2 and Quake 3 for free on its launcher

For RL.

Aug. 13, 2020 Wesley Yin-Poole

8 comments

Feature

Five of the Best: Jumps

Getting some air.

April 24, 2020 Robert Purchese

101 comments

Feature

Five of the Best: Health pick-ups

HP source.

Sept. 24, 2019 Robert Purchese

46 comments

News

John Carmack to get this year's BAFTA Fellowship award

C++ for acceptance speech.

March 24, 2016 Robert Purchese

21 comments

News

Todd Hollenshead and his hair leave id Software after 17 years

That salon time.

June 27, 2013 Robert Purchese

31 comments

News

FPS games like Quake 3 died because consoles competed with movies

It became about entertainment, not skills, ShootMania dev says.

July 17, 2012 Robert Purchese

76 comments

News

Notch challenges Bethesda to Quake 3

Wants to settle lawsuit this way.

Oct. 21, 2011 Robert Purchese

47 comments

News

John Carmack recounts Quake

Seminal shooter 15 today.

June 23, 2011 Wesley Yin-Poole

33 comments

News

John Carmack's vision for the next Quake

"We could do something pretty grand."

June 17, 2011 Wesley Yin-Poole

26 comments

News

Activision quiet about X360 Quake 3

No comment on ESRB listing.

April 10, 2007 Robert Purchese

27 comments

Review

Quake 3 Arena

id's latest reviewed

July 4, 2006 Mat

1 comment

Review

Quake 3 Arena (First Look)

First look at id's latest

July 4, 2006 Gestalt

News

QuakeCon 2006 details

Playable Quake Wars promised.

June 26, 2006 Ellie Gibson

6 comments

News

Quake III source code released

Carmack spills his magic source.

Aug. 22, 2005 Corey Brotherson

10 comments

News

Quake III code due for release

Some time this week, apparently.

Aug. 15, 2005 Ellie Gibson

9 comments

News

Quake goes mobile

"Forget miniature golf."

June 27, 2005 Ellie Gibson

13 comments

News

Dreamcast Quake 3 maps released

But id's patching policy makes it all rather pointless

June 20, 2001 Gestalt

News

Quake 3 patch finally released

Today's patch is brought to you by the letter "G" and the numbers "2" and "7"

Dec. 15, 2000 Gestalt

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Games from the Quake franchise