Det var 19-årige Nikita "Cawz" Marchinksy från Vitryssland som totalchockade esport-världen när han kom från ingenstans och vann den första upplagan av Quake World Championships under den gångna helgen. Såhär skriver utvecklarna Id Software i den officiella pressreleasen:
"19-year-old Nikita Marchinksy from Belarus shocked the Quake esports scene this weekend at the first Quake World Championships, overpowering experienced veterans and teams to claim both the Duel crown as an individual, and the Sacrifice crown as part of Team 2Z. Joined by his Team 2Z teammates Latrommi, Silencep and Xron, clawz helped claim the $300,000 Sacrifice Grand Prize with a 3-1 victory over NOTOFAST, a squad of legendary Quake veterans that includes noctis, fazz, stermy and toxjq. He then defeated the 2005 esports Player of the Year, Sander "Vo0" Kaasjager, in straight games to claim the $100,000 Duel Grand Prize.
The first Quake World Championships saw dozens of teams and hundreds of players square off in qualifiers in both the classic proof of skill, 1v1 Duel mode, and the new team-based 4v4 mode, Sacrifice. Eight Sacrifice teams and 40 Duel players competed this weekend at QuakeCon for their share of the $1 Million Prize Pool."
Quake Champions är just nu tillgängligt (PC) via Steam i så kallad early access-form.
