Quake: Dawn of the Machine
To celebrate Quake’s 30th anniversary, the award-winning team at MachineGames—in collaboration with id Software—returns with Dawn of the Machine, a brutal new episode building on their critically acclaimed work on Dimension of the Machine and Dimension of the Past. Delivering ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish realms that twist reality beyond recognition, it pushes the legacy of the genre-defining first-person shooter even further, honoring one of gaming’s most enduring icons.
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DeveloperMachineGames
PublisherBethesda Softworks
ReleasedAugust 6, 2026
StatusReleased
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SeriesQuake
About This Game
Ranger finds himself imprisoned in a twisted dimension where reality bends and fractures, trapping him in a brutal cycle of violence and death that repeats endlessly. Desperate to find a way out after countless futile attempts at escape, he learns of a legendary artifact known as the Nightmare Machine, said to be the source of his torment. To break free from this hellish loop, Ranger must journey through realms infested with horrific creatures warped by ages spent in the Elder domains, seeking out the Machine itself with the hope that its destruction will finally shatter the illusion and grant him freedom.