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Quake Champions Receives a New Update for March

This morning, Bethesda Softworks sent out some details about the latest update to come to Quake Champions, with some interesting changes. The biggest of them being that the Champions Pack has been discontinued now that the Battle Pass is in full swing in the game. The update has also taken out some bugs and upgraded the game a bit to fix performance issues, and there will be another esports season for the 2019-2020 year to end at Quake Con again. Here's the finer details below.

A New Season of Rewards and Custom Games for All

It's a whole new season, Quakers. Progress through the Season 2 Battle Pass to earn exclusive vanity rewards like the Flintlock Shotgun, Visor's Plasma Emission System, and the coveted Tesla Lightning Gun. Plus, we've added a few new items in the store, like the community-created Chibi Icons Pack. Rewards aren't the only thing players can earn for free this season: we're giving ALL players access to create their own Custom Games! Now everyone can play around with match rules, practice against bots, or just run around the maps.

Champions Pack Discontinued

As part of our shift towards the Battle Pass, we have discontinued selling the Champions Pack. Current Champions Pack and Scalebearer Edition owners will keep their Champions and vanity items unlocked through those packs. Players can still acquire Champions through Shards or with Platinum, but the Champions Pack is no longer available for purchase.

Esports Happenings

We've witnessed some of the most exhilarating moments in esports across our Quake Champions tournaments, and we're just getting started. Our world-class competitors will once again get the chance to prove their skill in the new yearlong 2019-2020 season, which kicks off with a Duel tournament at QuakeCon 2019 and leads up to a World Championship at QuakeCon 2020—the 25th year of QuakeCon! There's much more news to come about how we're restructuring our esports season this year, and we're excited to share it with you soon.

Performance Optimizations and Quality of Life Updates

The March Update includes numerous server networking and client rendering improvements that should make performance feel more consistent overall. In this update we've also combed through each of the maps to fix several issues impacting performance, and we've squashed an exhaustive list of bugs. From settings customization to soundtrack selection, we've added a bunch of new QoL features to Quake Champions. Highlights include a "Learn" tutorials section for new players; improved Bot AI and ability support; crosshair scaling; a skippable intro cinematic; and more!

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