Quake Champions QuakeCon 2023 Update is Live. New Ranked Game Mode: Arena Kings now playable!

Good Afternoon Quakers! QuakeCon is just around the corner, and to help prepare us for the Landmark event Quake Champions now has QuakeCon 2023 Bundle, and New Ranked Game Mode: ARENA KINGS! Arena Kings has both opponents playing as Ranger in a small Arena forcing both parties to engage instantly. To access the mode select Arena Kings in the Ranked Mode Section of the Queue, or select 1v1 Clan Arena in Custom games, and pick 1 of the 3 Training Arenas.

New Content:

New Ranked Mode: Arena Kings – Two Rangers enter, only one will leave victorious. Eliminate the enemy to win the round. Win 10 rounds to claim the crown. Aim training game mode featuring the new Training Stages
New Arena: GRIDLOCK – Aim training with room to move
New Arena: RINGSIDE – Aim training surrounded by a deadly ring-out zone
New Arena: WAREHOUSE – Aim training with cover
Quake Pro League 2023 Belt Vanities added (Grand Champion reward)
QuakeCon 2023 Store Bundle (available now):
- QuakeCon 2023 Nameplate
- QuakeCon 2023 Podium

Champion Updates:

Anarki:
- Fixed injection sound effect not being stopped on death
Keel:
- Grenade Swarm – Changed grenade explosion timing, no longer explodes after 3 seconds, instead it will bounce once and explode on second impact
- Reinforced – Improved splash-damage reduction from 15% to 20%
- Reinforced – Added improved self-damage reduction from 50% to 60%

Weapon Updates:

Super Shotgun – Reduced in-air knockback from 2x to 1.5x (5 to 3.75)
Splash Damage – Reversed the recent trace reversal distance change

Game Updates:

Temporarily removed the Cubemap Reflections option due to some issues that persist
Fixed Summer Blast animation issues resulting from quad pickups
Updated Shotgun fx when Weapon Effects is disabled
Reduced maximum warmup time from 120 to 90 sec
Rebuilt integrated ShaderCache
Added support for nameplates in the store to have descriptive text

Service Updates:

Anti-cheat updates
Streaming apps no longer need to be ran as Administrator

Official Quake discord here: discord.gg/Quake

all bugs need to be posted in the “bug-reports” channel under the “QC FEEDBACK” header in the official discord. link to that channel here: discord.gg/uy3VBbd83f Clips, or screenshots of your issue are very useful for the developers.

HAPPY FRAGGING FOLKS, AND WE SHALL SEE EACHOTHER IN THE ARENAS!