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Quake Live to support Mac, Linux starting next Tuesday photo

As revealed at this year's QuakeCon by id Software president Todd Hollenshead, the free-to-play, browser-based Quake Live will finally be available for non-Windows users to play.

The new Quake Live clients for Mac and Linux are scheduled to arrive on Tuesday of next week. It seems like it's been an eternity since the game has been out for public consumption, but better late than never surely applies here.

For experienced Quake vets, it's a great, convenient way to get into the action, and for beginners, well, just be thankful Quake Live pairs you up with players of a similar skill level. I know I am.








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WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:14
WarZombie
OMFG YES!!!

Seriously, my PC is being used by three people, now I can just chill and play on my Mac. This is fantastic news.
Klempky's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 15:39
Klempky
I was just about to run over to my Windows partition to finally sign up and play, but I guess I can hold out a little bit longer now. God knows my school work will thank me. But seriously, awesome news. The less I have to restart and switch OSes to play games, the better. :D
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:24
linuxguy
FUCK YEAH *runs with happiness*
*notices he still has that shitty intel GMA*
*cools down*
thenooby1's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:31
thenooby1
This is wonderful news. Hopefully this will spur on other games to take a similar course of action.


C'MON BATTLEFIELD HEROES!!!!!
BJ Blazkowicz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 16:35
BJ Blazkowicz
Yay, one less game I have to reboot my mac for!
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 17:02
Johnny Justice
"Yay, one less game I have to reboot my mac for!"

Yay, me too!
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 18:39
Electro Lemon
I was going to be excited, but linuxguy reminded me that I'm running a GMA950 too. Hopefully, that won't be an issue since it's browser based though. HOORAY!
esavard's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 19:46
esavard
<irony>No, no, no, that's impossible: there is no good games running on Linux or MAC!</irony>

Seriously, this is great news! I can't wait to frag some fellow penguins! ;)
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/14/2009 20:43
CaptainApocalypse
About time! So glad these browser based games are pioneering cross-platform games.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/15/2009 01:59
JLanphear
Sweet. Finally, I can get in on this action.
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