Quake Champions Drops Free-to-Play for Buy-to-Play at 1,210 Yen
Bethesda Softworks announced that Quake Champions, the arena FPS developed by id Software with Saber Interactive, has moved from free-to-play to buy-to-play. The game launched its free-to-play model in 2018. The Version 1.31 update carries the change. All Champions are now unlocked for all users, players can work through 30 seasons of content, and most cosmetic items can be equipped. Battle passes, microtransactions, the store, the Platinum and Shards currencies, loot boxes, daily login rewards, weekly and event challenges, and the Champion progression shard reward route have all ended. No further content updates are currently planned. The game is sold on Steam for 1,210 yen. Players from the free-to-play period keep access at no extra cost, and the Microsoft Store version has ended distribution, with those players getting Steam access by linking their Bethesda.net account to a Steam account.