QUAKE LIVE Standalone Client Released; Linux and OS X Support Ends

The Bethesda Blog announces the standalone QUAKE LIVE client is now available, removing the web-browser interface to this free-to-play online game based on QUAKE III Arena. As revealed when this was first announced, this means that Linux and OS X support for the multiplayer shooter has come to an end. They provide a FAQ on the topic, which explains that no changes are being made to their subscription service "at this time," player stats will carry over, and what to do if your machine no longer meets their system requirements. They also say the QUAKE LIVE website will remain online, but many of the game functions it provided are now integrated into the game client.
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ViRGE wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 17:43:
So how again is this different from Quake 3 Arena?

Something along the lines of doesn't support the mods of the original, doesn't support as many OSs of the original and allows Bethesda/ZeniMax to charge people for things that a modding community could add for free calling it "premium" this and "premium" that.

They'll of course have explanations for any questions about such lockdowns just like EA with SimCity and Blizzard with D3, thought the explanations won't match the reasons. Reasons they're as likely to admit to as politicians.

Guess it could all make perfect sense if you're an idiot who actually plays a restricted version of a browser based version of an old game, let alone pays for it.

It's like they've gone full circle from Quake 3 to this, only so many don't seem to realise at the end of the circle they ended with their heads up their own arse.
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Fantaz wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 21:47:
Q3 multiplayer has hackers after they released the source code.

It had hackers before they released the source code as well.
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BobBob wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 19:29:
Panickd wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 18:40:

None of the Mac or Linux ports of any of their games ever made it to Steam even before Bethesda bought them so I'd say it was unofficial policy to drop Linux and Mac by the wayside even back then.

http://tinyurl.com/kus595j

http://ioquake3.org/

Q3 multiplayer has hackers after they released the source code.
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Panickd wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 18:40:

None of the Mac or Linux ports of any of their games ever made it to Steam even before Bethesda bought them so I'd say it was unofficial policy to drop Linux and Mac by the wayside even back then.

http://tinyurl.com/kus595j

http://ioquake3.org/
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BobBob wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 15:39:
Carmack has left the building.

None of the Mac or Linux ports of any of their games ever made it to Steam even before Bethesda bought them so I'd say it was unofficial policy to drop Linux and Mac by the wayside even back then.
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So how again is this different from Quake 3 Arena?
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Beelzebud wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 16:03:
id Software is just a logo to put on boxes.

Don't forget the Quad damage technology that has gone unused for years now.

Perpetual debt is slavery.
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id Software is just a logo to put on boxes.
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Carmack has left the building.
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