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Get Quake II and Quake III free for a limited time
Following a successful charity drive, Bethesda is making FPS classics Quake II and Quake III free for a limited time.
Following a successful charity drive, Bethesda is making FPS classics Quake II and Quake III free for a limited time.
Both games will be free to download from the Bethesda Game Launcher following an impressive fundraising effort from fans during the recent Quakecon at Home event. Over $30,000 was raised which will be distributed among good causes including Unicef, the Legal Defense Fund, The Trevor Project, and Direct Relief.
Quake II is available to download until 12:00pm ET on August 15, 2020. Quake III will unlock at 12:00pm ET on August 17, 2020.
THANK YOU! The total is in, and you raised over $30,000 during #QuakeCon at Home for @NAACP_LDF, @DirectRelief, @TrevorProject, and @UNICEF!
As a thank you, we'll be unlocking Quake II on 8/12 and Quake III on 8/17, free for 72 hours each on the Bethesda net Launcher. pic.twitter.com/dfNM6F1qaH
— Bethesda (@bethesda) August 10, 2020
Head over to the Bethesda Game Launcher to download Quake II and embark on Operation Alien Overlord.
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