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Quake Champions drops free-to-play model eight years after launch

Original: Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release In

id Software's arena shooter Quake Champions is abandoning its free-to-play model and becoming a paid product, eight years after its original 2017 release. The Microsoft Store version of the game is also being shut down. Gamers are reacting to the unusual late pivot, debating whether the move signals a revival or the beginning of the end for the veteran shooter.

Why now: It is rare for a long-established free-to-play game to switch to a paid model, prompting debate about the game's future.

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• Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release.… · gamewire@gamefan.net · 1

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