Quake Champions: Summer Update Adds New Map, Weapon Skins

The action is rising in the world of Quake Champions, the most recent iteration of the popular free to play multiplayer shooter franchise. The Summer update has been released, introducing new maps, weapon skins, and other improvements.

The biggest addition is the new map: Tower of Koth. Ithagnal-themed, the location had risen from its viridian morass, a row of skyward teeth speak to the chosen a singular truth: come to know this key and you will open any lock. It will support Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CA, Duel, Instagib, Unholy Trinity, and Arcades.

After that comes the weapon skins. After many requests, some familiar designs from Quake 4 will be returning in Champions as Battle Pass rewards. At level 1 you unlock the Citizen Kane, a machine gun skin based on the Blaster Pistol from Q4. At level 50, you unlock the Painkiller, a Super Shotgun skin based on the Q4 Shotgun, and at level 100, you unlock the Ravager, a Super Nailgun skin based on the Q4 Hyperblaster.

Everything else, while not as exciting, will still have a notable change in daily gameplay. A number of adjustments and improvements have been made to the game, ranging from rule changes to sound improvements. For the full list of these changes, visit the official changelog.