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…
Quake: Dawn of the Machine is a shooter developed by MachineGames, released 6 August 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Quake: Dawn of the Machine is
Quake: Dawn of the Machine is a shooter game developed by MachineGames and released in 2026. It was published by Bethesda Softworks. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on KEX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ranger is trapped in a dimension of endless illusion—reliving the same violent cycles for what feels like lifetimes, dying thousands of times in a futile attempt to escape. Wearied but unbroken, he has heard rumor of The Nightmare Machine. Beyond the hordes of monsters—twisted by an eternity in the Elder realms—lies the Machine. It is believed its destruction will shatter the illusion, finally breaking the loop.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Quake: Dawn of the Machine launched on 6 August 2026, within three weeks of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation and Star Wars Zero Company. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Mortal Shell II, Beast of Reincarnation, Star Wars Zero Company.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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