Quake 4 is a
first-person shooter video game, the fourth title in the series of
Quake series. The game was developed by
Raven Software and published by
Activision. Raven Software collaborated with
id Software, the creators and developers of preceding
Quake games. In this case, id Software supervised the development of the game as well as providing the
Doom 3 engine, now referred to as "id Tech 4" and released under the
GNU General Public License on 22 November 2011, upon which it was built.
Quake 4 went gold in early October 2005 and was released on 18 October 2005 for
Microsoft Windows and later for
Linux,
Xbox 360 and
OS X. A special DVD Collectors Edition also exists, including promotional material and the game
Quake II with its expansions,
The Reckoning and
Ground Zero. The Xbox 360 version of
Quake 4 is based on the Special Collectors Edition, and therefore also includes
Quake II. On 4 August 2011 the game was made available through
Steam.