#43 Quake III: Arena

PC
Id Software
Activision
1999
Quake III: Arena

Quake 3 was a game that stepped outside of the box, excluded a single player component, and let gamers just pick up the controller and shoot people. Its got a minimalist design to emphasize the importance of its meticulously balanced fast-paced combat, which the game focused around.
As Quake 3 was a game designed specifically for multiplayer, naturally a large community of competitive players began flocking to it. Eventually the game was featured at several major eSports competitions,
including the Cyberathlete Professional League and the World Cyber Games.
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