Bethesda has confirmed id Software’s competitive arena-style FPS, Quake Champions, will be free-to-play with a purchasable option.
Speaking with Polygon, creative director Tim Willits told the site the reason Quake Champions with have both a free-to-play and paid option was so the studio can put the game in front of as many players as possible.
“At its core, it’s a free-to-play game with the option to buy the Champion Pack and just get in and play with all the Champions,” said Willits. “There are a number of Quake players that just want to play their Quake, right? And they are familiar with the business model of our previous games, and they are totally fine.
“But then we also understand that we want to get as many people into the game as possible, especially outside of North America and Western Europe, where we have a massive fan base. So we want to have the flexibility to have a free-to-play option for those people.”
Paid and free characters will share same maps, according to Polygon, and they will each compete in the same brackets. The only difference between the two options is how players will acquire fighters other than the character Ranger.
In short, Ranger will be free, and if you buy the Champions Pack – the full game essentially – you’ll have unlimited access to both Ranger and the other fighters available at launch. That said, Willits emphasized F2P players will be on an even playing field with those who pay full-price.
Those who do not purchase the Champion Pack can pay Favor, the in-game currency, in order to play other Champions for a limited time. Favor will be “easy to earn,” and gives players the ability to try out all Champions. The in-game currency can also be spent on backpacks which provide access to rune challenges. Beating one of these challenges will hand the player a container of sorts which unlocks a new character and skins.
Willits said the studio hasn’t decided just how long the “limited time” for characters bought with Favor will last just yet, but they hope to figure it out sometime during the closed beta period.
“I don’t want to use the word rent,” Willits said. “You do spend Favor to have access to them for a limited amount of time, yes. But you don’t spend any real money on it.”
Quake Champions is due for release this year on PC, and is currently without a release date. If you are interested in the game you can sign up for the closed beta.
The game was announced during E3 2016 at Bethesda’s offsite event.
from VG247 http://ift.tt/2mvxQhh
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