{
  "id": 9551911,
  "title": "Quake Champions ditches free-to-play and kills off its Microsoft Store version eight years after its original release",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/quake-champions-ditches-free-to-play-and-kills-off-its-microsoft",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:55:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/quake-champions-free-to-play-removed-now-paid"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In an unusual move, developer id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is transitioning into a paid product, eight years after its original release. As part of the same move, the Microsoft studio is killing off the Microsoft Store version, meaning it's now only available on Steam. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}