Tonight’s Play Issue 1 · Late Sept 2026
Quake II cover art
Art: Bethesda Softworks · from the official Microsoft Store listing
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Quake II

id Software, Nightdive Studios, MachineGames · Bethesda Softworks

Xbox Series X|SPCCloud

About the game

You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now enhanced for modern platforms and feature-complete with all-new campaign content, Quake II 64, online multiplayer and co-op support, and more.

Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original.

Features

• Experience the Military Sci-fi FPS, Enhanced

• Get the Original Mission Packs: The Reckoning and Ground Zero

• Play the All-New Expansion “Call of the Machine”

• Get Quake II 64 for Free

• Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer/CO-OP

• Play Together with Crossplay

• Take Quake II Anywhere With xCloud Portability

Experience the Original Game, Enhanced

Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, improved enemy animations and gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original, heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more.

Play the Intense Military Sci-fi Campaign

Description from the publisher’s Microsoft Store listing.

Trailer

Official trailer · Bethesda Softworks on YouTube · Watch on YouTube ↗Loads from youtube-nocookie.com only when you press play.

Screenshots

Tap to expand · from the Microsoft Store listing
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