This change will allow us to have greater control over the game environment, and more tightly integrate the game with the online components going forward. From here, the interface will look and operate similarly to how it does today, but the game will already be running and ready to connect to a match. Once inside, you’ll will be greeted with the website, embedded directly into the game itself. The launcher will automatically keep your game up to date before loading. From there you will be presented with a prompt to download the new QUAKE LIVE Launcher. Once we go live with this change, you will log in to the site as you normally would. With the recent announcement of Google Chrome's roadmap to turning off plugin support and the upcoming changes in Firefox, it seems that now is the time to make the transition. Over the past few years, browser support for plugins such as QUAKE LIVE have dropped off significantly, causing problems for plugins to operate in a consistent and working manner. We are excited to announce that QUAKE LIVE will be transitioning out of a web browser and into a standalone, downloadable game by the end of this year.
