Quake II RTX is a shooter developed by id Software, released 6 June 2019 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Quake II RTX is
Quake II RTX is a shooter game developed by id Software and released in 2019. It was published by NVIDIA Corporation. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
This special release of Quake II includes the 3 shareware levels, but with extensively reworked graphics and codebase to make use of Nvidia's ray-tracing technology in their contemporary GeForce RTX 20 series of graphics cards. Quake II RTX is a cutting-edge, ray-traced reimagining of the old school classic. Global lighting effects, including realistic reflections, refraction, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination are a result of the path-traced simulation of light.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Quake II RTX launched on 6 June 2019, within three weeks of Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, The Sinking City and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Released around the same time: Outer Wilds, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, The Sinking City, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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