<s>
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
arena	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
id	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bethesda	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
main	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Quake	O
series	O
,	O
following	O
2005	O
's	O
Quake	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
QuakeCon	O
2016	O
,	O
creative-director	O
Tim	O
Willits	O
revealed	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
does	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
id	B-Operating_System
Tech	I-Operating_System
6	I-Operating_System
game	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
works	O
on	O
a	O
hybrid	O
engine	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
id	B-Application
tech	I-Application
and	O
Saber	O
tech	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
seen	O
in	O
Doom	O
are	O
not	O
native	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
Vulkan	B-Application
API	I-Application
,	O
SnapMaps	O
and	O
mod	O
support	O
,	O
although	O
mod	O
support	O
is	O
potentially	O
planned	O
after	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
considered	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
to	O
Quake	B-Application
Live	I-Application
,	O
a	O
revamped	O
version	O
of	O
Quake	B-Application
III	I-Application
Arena	I-Application
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
went	O
into	O
closed	O
beta	O
on	O
April	O
6	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
onto	O
Steam	B-Application
's	I-Application
early	O
access	O
program	O
on	O
August	O
22	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
feature	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
option	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
Ranger	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
characters	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
model	O
used	O
in	O
Killer	B-Application
Instinct	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blazkowicz	O
of	O
the	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
series	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
playable	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hulshult	O
previously	O
composed	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
modification	O
Brutal	B-Application
Doom	I-Application
and	O
Apogee	O
Software	O
titles	O
like	O
2013	O
's	O
Rise	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Triad	I-Application
and	O
3D	O
Realms	O
 '	O
Bombshell	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
Quakecon	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Quake	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
would	O
be	O
free-to-play	O
and	O
open	O
to	O
all	O
players	O
on	O
August	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
