Season-23 Mid Season Update is Live with Cursed Soul our newest Arena...Get lost in the Sands of Time!

Good Morning Quakers! Exciting new update for us today as we get a brand new Arena “Cursed Soul” our first Egyptian themed map in Quake Champions. Queue option have been added for Cursed Soul Team DeathMatch & DeathMatch. Lots of Audio settings have been worked on please check the notes below for full details. Shotgun has had a slight change, and the last of our yearly QuakeCon themed skins will release on August 5th…The Tribolt Skin. See y’all at QuakeCon in 2 weeks!

Official Notes from Bethesda

Season-23 Mid-Season Patch Notes

New Map: Cursed Soul:

The ankh is a symbol of resurrection, and you’ll be subjecting your opponents to a lot of respawning in this all new 8-player map! Elder God: Nekelmuset

Available in game modes: Team DeathMatch, DeathMatch, Sacrifice, Capture The Flag, Clan Arena, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and Impulse9.

QuakeCon Content:

QuakeCon 2024 Nameplate & Profile Icon store bundle (available now!)
QuakeCon Tri-Bolt – Free login reward available August 5-12

New Audio Setting:

Teammate Volume – Lowers or mutes your teammate’s movement, VO, and shot sounds

Sound Engine Updated:

FMOD upgraded from 1.08.13 (2016) to 2.02 (latest stable)
Improved sound quality, increased sample rate from 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz
Increased max sound channels from 50 to 256 to address sounds cutting out
Fixed Surround Sound support for 5.1 and 7.1
Sounds above and below the player’s eye line now have distinct EQ balancing to make their vertical position discernible
Optimized sound events for reduced CPU usage
Fixed distance attenuation and occlusion for item pickup sound events
Fixed Tri-bolt third person sounds from playing the incorrect vanity Tri-bolt sound set
Removed the HRTF option in favor of the new audio system

Weapon Updates:

Shotguns updated for improved damage and consistency in close & mid-range fights. Pellet counts, spread, falloff all adjusted, but total damage and DPS unchanged.

Map Updates:

Crucible – Respawn locations reworked

Miscellaneous:

Fixed Tri-bolt third person FX for Sunrise 69

Anti-Cheat Updates:

Fixed anti-cheat compatibility issue with 2000-2010 era CPUs

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. Video clips, or screenshots, and detailed description of your issue are very useful for the developers.

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