A multiplayer-focused Arena first-person shooter that received high praise, Quake III Arena was created by id Software and published in 1999. 

The base Game and Quake III: Team Arena expansion pack are now included in Quake III Arena.

An ancient alien race has invited the best warriors from all time and space to a battle for entertainment. 

This fast-paced, skill-based single-player and multiplayer first-person shooter pits you against relentless opponents in futuristic and gothic arenas as you wield a range of weapons and powerups in your Quest for glory. Choose from one of five clans—The Fallen, Pagans, Crusaders, Intruders, or Stroggs—and compete for supremacy in this team-oriented official expansion pack for Quake III Arena. 

Learn the advantages and disadvantages of your clan in a range of new Game styles and arenas. 

Warriors who once fought the Arena alone must now band together. Players can check out more sequels.  

• Quake
• Quake II
• Quake IIIarena
• Quake champions

Key Features

• Engage in fierce multiplayer competition with up to 16 people.
• Play single-player offline in offline mode against AI-controlled bots.
• Free for All (FFA), Team Deathmatch (TDM), Tournament (1v1), and Capture the Flag are among the fun Game options available (CTF)
• Discover 35 distinctive, gothic and sci-fi-themed arenas.
• Use twelve potent and distinctive weapons.
• Play the brand-new "Tournament" single-player mode.
• Learn three new techniques: 
• Overload, One-Flag CTF, and Harvester
• Twenty brand-new venues to explore
• Fight off four new AI bots: 
• Pi, Fritzkrieg, Janet, and James use Chaingun, Nailgun, and Proximity Launcher as their new weapons.
• Two new power ups, the Kamikaze and Invulnerability Shield, and four CTF-only Runes, Scout, Doubler, Guard, and Ammo-Regen, are now available.
• In Quake III Arena, the player advances through tiers of maps while facing off against increasingly tricky bot characters, ranging from Crash (at Tier 0) to Xaero (at Tier 7). 
• The combat occurs in more complicated settings and against more difficult foes as the Game advances. 
• While deathmatch maps can accommodate up to 16 players, tournament maps are made for two-player matches that, in a single-player Game, would be referred to as "boss battles."
• There are various gameplay styles in Quake III Arena: 
• The four types of deathmatches include Free for All (FFA), Traditional deathmatch, in which each player competes against the other players for the highest score, and Team Deathmatch (TDM).
• Deathmatch between two players that typically lasts for a predetermined amount of time, Tournament (1v1), and the symmetrical map Game Capture the Flag requires teams to capture the enemy flag from the opposition's base while defending their own.
• Multiplayer is the only purpose for which Quake III Arena was created. 
• The Game has a handicap system that enables players with computers linked to a network or the internet to compete against one another in real-time.