Quake Live to become standalone game without Linux and Mac support

The classic FPS Quake 3, which was ported to run on web browsers as Quake Live a few years ago, is going standalone again. The multiplayer-centric game is set to become a standalone downloadable title by the end of the year, according to an announcement on the game's official forums. Despite the move away from browsers, the game will still be free-to-play along with its subscription-based features.

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The sad news here is that owing to its move away from browsers, the game will lose its platform agnosticism. It will be exclusive to Windows, and will not be getting ports to Mac or Linux. This, of course, comes as a big blow to many gamers who played the competitive multiplayer games on their MacBooks or Ubuntu machines.

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The reason for this is that the developer at id Software responsible for porting to Mac and Linux left the company back in 2012, and no one has stepped up to the job since. id's parent company ZeniMax also has its own policies in place which forbid the development of unsupported ports.

The move to being a standalone game is going to happen towards the end of the year, so if you want, you can still hop on to Quake Live and play a few rounds with your friends if you want.