Quake III Arena

Quake III Arena
Developer(s)	id Software Additional work by: Raster Productions (DC) Bullfrog Productions (PS2)
Publisher(s)	Published by WW: Activision Blizzard (Quake III Arena/Team Arena/Gold For PC, macOS, and Linux) JP: (Quake III Arena/Team Arena Japanese Version) JP: (Quake III Gold Japanese Version) NA: Electronic Arts (Quake III Revolution) JP: Squaresoft (Quake III Revolution Japanese Version)
Distributor(s)	List Loki Software (Linux) Sega (DC) Bethesda Softworks (XBLA)
Designer(s)	Graeme Devine Tim Willits Paul Jaquays
Programmer(s)	John Carmack Robert A. Duffy Jim Dose
Artist(s)	Adrian Carmack Kevin Cloud Kenneth Scott
Composer(s)	Sonic Mayhem Bill Leeb
Series	Quake
Engine	id Tech 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Linux, macOS, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, iOS
Release date(s)	December 2, 1999 Microsoft Windows (Quake III Arena) NA: December 2, 1999 JP: December 18, 1999 EU: 1999 WW: August 3, 2007 (Steam) Microsoft Windows (Quake III Team Arena) NA: December 18, 2000 JP: January 15, 2001 EU: January 26, 2001 WW: August 3, 2007 (Steam) Microsoft Windows (Quake III Gold) NA: September 26, 2001 JP: March 29, 2002 EU: August 9, 2002 Linux NA: 1999 macOS (Quake III Arena) NA: December, 1999 macOS (Quake III Team Arena) NA: 2001 macOS (Quake III Gold) NA: October, 2001 EU: August 9, 2002 Dreamcast NA: October 22, 2000 EU: December 8, 2000 PlayStation 2 (Quake III Revolution) NA: March 26, 2001 EU: April 6, 2001 JP: August 30, 2001 Xbox Live Arcade December 15, 2010
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Quake III Arena is a multiplayer-focused first-person shooter video game released in December 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly. Quake III Arena is the third game in the Quake series and differs from previous games by excluding a traditional single-player element, instead focusing on multiplayer action. The single-player mode is played against computer-controlled bots.

Notable features of Quake III Arena include the minimalist design, lacking rarely used items and features, the extensive customizability of player settings such as field of view, texture detail and enemy model, and advanced movement features such as strafe-jumping and rocket-jumping.

Quake III Arena is available on a number of platforms and contains mature content. The game was highly praised by reviewers who, for the most part, described the gameplay as fun and engaging. Many liked the crisp graphics and focus on multiplayer.

Quake III Arena has also been used extensively in professional electronic sports tournaments such as QuakeCon, Cyberathlete Professional League, Dreamhack, and the Electronic Sports World Cup.

Unlike its predecessors, Quake III Arena does not have a plot-based single-player campaign. Instead, it simulates the multiplayer experience with computer-controlled players known as bots. The game's story is brief - 'the greatest warriors of all time fight for the amusement of a race called the Vadrigar in the Arena Eternal.' The introduction video shows the abduction of such a warrior, Sarge, while making a last stand. Continuity with prior games in the Quake series and even Doom is maintained by the inclusion of player models related to those earlier games as well as biographical information included on characters in the manual, a familiar mixture of gothic and technological map architecture and specific equipment; for example, the Quad Damage power-up, the infamous rocket launcher, and the BFG super-weapon.