Unfortunately, Quakecon, the mythical community fair for Bethesda and its community, will not return in 2022. The publisher has confirmed that the fair will be held online again this year.
Bethesda has confirmed that QuakeCon will therefore remain a dematerialized show for the third straight year. It’s a surprise as yesterday’s SELL also indicated that Paris Games Week (a show with a lot more visitors) would be taking place. However, we might finally see light at the end of the tunnel as the 2023 edition will take place normally. Keep in mind that this show traditionally takes place in August at the Gaylord Resort in Dallas. It is especially popular with gamers for its huge Lan party called BYOC.
QuakeCon at home
This year QuakeCon will therefore be organized from August 18th to 20th with a series of conferences and online events.
The QuakeCon team is hard at work building an exciting streaming program, online dating, prize games, traditional charity co-ops, virtual BYOC and more. . We will announce all the details during the month of June.
QuakeCon is an annual event that has been held since 1996 (the year Quake was released). While it started out as a simple Lan party (the first edition won best player John Carmack’s Ferrari), the show quickly grew big for Bethesda. In fact, QuakeCon attracts an average of 10,000 people each year.
The comeback in 2023!
The publisher still has some nice announcements for its QuakeCon conference. Last year, the release of the Quake 25th anniversary remaster was announced. This new version was developed by MachineGames (known for relaunching the Wolfenstein series), the studio currently working on the Indiana Jones project. Last year was also an opportunity to discover the multiplayer mode of Deathloop, Arkane Lyon’s FPS.
Keep in mind that the summer should be busy for Bethesda, including the in-depth presentation of Starfield. We suspect the largest modules will be reserved for the Xbox conference in June, but there could be some surprises for QuakeCon as well. In any case, we’ll have to wait until 2023 to experience the BYOC atmosphere in person.