Quake World Championships at QuakeCon 2017!

To everyone’s excitement, the Quake World Championships announced at E3 2017 are closing in. Gamers who’ve been around for a while are especially agitated, since Quake was one of the original esports titles that got the ball rolling for today’s booming industry. Here are all the details regarding the resurrection of this respected esport.

Together with id Software and Bethesda, ESL is guiding the process. The brand new title of Quake Champions has re-attracted modern generations of gamers to experience a taste of the past quite successfully. Quake World Championships, a $1,000,000 event, will kick things off with a bang. Online qualifiers commence in a mere few weeks with regional finals culminating in August.  Awaiting those who remain in August is QuakeCon 2017, where eight Sacrifice teams and 24 Duel players are to battle it out for glory and gold. Duels consist of 1v1 matches with Sacrifice being 4v4, for those who are new. A full schedule is available to view; a concise round up may be seen in the image below.

Quake is back in the esports scene in a big way with Quake Champions, and the Quake World Championships will be the ultimate test of skill for the best competitive players in the world. Working with ESL, we’re excited to produce an incredible competition featuring amazing pro player talent, all vying for the million dollar prize pool and the title of the very first Quake World Championships champion.

– Tim Willits, Studio Director at id Software.

After  being sidelined as an esport for quite some time now, one may be certain to expect experienced professionals and fresh faces chasing after the grand prize pools. Perhaps other game developers could take note and restore other old and dusted  esports, the possibilities are exciting.