Two-and-a-half decades after it came out, classic id Software FPS Quake 2 just got a big expansion: 28 new campaign levels from MachineGames, creator of the modern Wolfenstein games. That would be pretty cool on its own, but it's just the cherry on top of an absolutely magnificent Quake 2 remaster. The overhauled Quake 2 was announced at QuakeCon today, naturally, and then immediately released. This bad boy fits so much Quake 2 in it:
- The original campaign, expansions The Reckoning and Ground Zero, the N64 levels, and the new Call of the Machine episode
- Toggleable graphics upgrades that are stylistically consistent with the original (muzzle flashes, fog, improved lighting, that kind of thing)
- Loads of accessibility features
- Split-screen and online multiplayer
- Co-op, deathmatch, team deathmatch, and CTF, with lots of built-in mutators
- PC/console crossplay
- Support for custom Quake 2 maps, new and old
- Support for new mods, or old ones that have been updated for this 64-bit version
- Improved AI enemies and bots
