#QuakeChampions PTS Update for 09-12-2022 is Live. Quake 2 JOKER Vanity Skin added for the Tri-Bolt!

Good morning Quakers. We actually have had 2 PTS updates over the past week, so I’ll leave both of those PTS updates below. Season 15 has been extended to at least next week. currently 9 DAYS REMAIN FOR SEASON 15. With these additional days added we are also starting to see the content expected for Season 16.

1.16.RETAIL.98408/98425
2022-09-08

Map Updates:
🔹 Deep Embrace – Fixed orb exploit at the dock TP exit
🔹 Deep Embrace – Fixed collision near dock TP exit

Game Updates:
🔹 Removed Beta Terms link from Legal Docs

Service Updates:
🔹 Anti-cheat updates (SSE 3 & SSE 4.1 support)
🔹 Game now has a signed certificate

1.16.RETAIL.98618/98706
2022-09-12

Season 16 Reward Content:
🌟 Added JOKER – Quake 2 Grenade Launcher Tri-bolt Vanity Weapon

Map Updates:
🔹 Deep Embrace – Fixed visibility issue near the murder hole (double health, double cooldowns)
🔺 Deep Embrace – Improved ability collision at the previous Dire Orb exploit

The PTS is a Public Test Server that many games come with. It is completely optional to be part of the PTS, and does require an additional download to take part of. The purpose of the PTS for us Quake players is it allows us to preview upcoming skins, arenas, and gameplay changes in general before they are added to the Live | Main Game servers. It also doubles as bug testing. In fact all bugs, or issues in the PTS should be put in the official discord in the “public-test-server” channel. If you can you should try and find a buddy to test with. Two heads are better than one. You can find people to party with in the “party-finder” channel.

If you want to access, or rather download the PTS you can do this on the Steam client quite easily. Just to note though like other PTS downloads you are usually downloading the entire game plus the new additions, or changes. The PTS download for Quake Champions is currently just over 30 Gigabytes. Keep that in mind if you want to participate. Things that you accomplish in the PTS version DO NOT transfer over to the main game. That said you can also demo stuff in the PTS that you may not own yet in the main game.

*When first launching the PTS your game may “compile” for a few minutes. Do not worry as this is completely normal.