What’s it going to be?
Just in case you’d forgotten, Nightdive Studios apparently has its “next big thing” to announce at QuakeCon 2025 later this week! The company mentioned this during a recent livestream, and we’ve been intrigued about it ever since.
But what’s it going to be? Well, we speculated that a remaster of Quake 3 Arena or Quake 4 would probably be the most likely bet, and you told us that you wanted to see Quake 4 Remastered to be announced above all else.
What Do You Want To See At QuakeCon 2025? (591 votes)
- Quake 3 Arena Remastered24%
- Quake 4 Remastered52%
- A new DOOM remaster (tell us which one!)5%
- Something else entirely18%
However, a few Quake fans are pointing to a recent pinned comment during a Nightdive livestream that mentioned “Orbs” – and some think that means a Quake 3 Arena remaster is the more likely of the two:
“All eyes, i mean Orbbs will be on that announcement” Seems like Nightdive might be hinting to a Quake 3 remaster here?”
To be honest, we’re not really reading much into this – it’s seemingly just a comment from a fan that has no connection to Nightdive Studios aside from being pinned in the chat – so we still think Quake 4 remains a possibility.
If you consider that Quake 1 and 2 have received the treatment in recent years though, it stands to reason they’ll go for 3 next, even though plenty of people argue that it doesn’t need a remaster and Quake 4 makes more logical sense.
Anyway, we’ll find out very soon! QuakeCon 2025 takes place this week from August 7th-10th, and we wouldn’t be surprised if the big announcement happens on the first day – we’ll be keeping an eye out on Thursday just in case.
What do you think we’re getting from Nightdive? Let us know down in the comments section below.
Fraser is the News Editor at Pure Xbox, where he spends his time reporting on the biggest stories in the world of Xbox and beyond.