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Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: 'This essentially saved my life'

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Quake 4
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Quake 4
Genres · fps
Release · Oct 18, 2005
Developer · Aspyr Media, Raven Software
PCXbox 360
4 articles 4 writers 0 reviews
Firaxis Games
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Active · 1997–2025
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Top genres · strategy, simulation, tbs
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XCOM
Active · 1994–2021
Latest · XCOM Legends
Top genres · strategy, fps, rpg
308 articles 152 writers 19 games
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