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It's a bit unusual to announce a sale on Steam ahead of time but today id Software revealed on its web site plans to put (nearly) all of its Quake games on sale via Steam next week. From Monday, March 29 to Thursday, April 1 most of the Quake game catalogue on Steam will be on sale for 50 percent off their normal prices. The exception is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. also, Quake IV has never been available on Steam. You can check out the full list of games that will be on sale below:

Quake 2007 Collection
Quake
Quake Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Quake II
Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
Quake 3 Pack: Quake III Arena + Team Arena

13 years ago today, id Software released Quake, the first game in a first person shooter franchise that continues to be one of the most well known in the PC gaming industry. With five full games based on the series, an number of official and unofficial expansion packs, tons of mods and total conversions and a currently running web browser online-only game, the Quake series continues to be popular even with major shift in emphasis.

On the day that the Quake series become a teenager, Big Download decided to look back at the entire game series. From it's start as a near-Doom clone to the Stroggos storyline to its multiplayer emphasis to its current incarnation as a free-to-play shooter, the series has had many different versions in a relatively short time span.

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