Bethesda Community Manager Joshua Boyle on Quake Champions

What’s up everybody? This is Fred Richani of cheese C gaming sing alongside Joshua Boyle community manager of Bethesda’s Quake champions Joshua has it going man. Really really good, man. This e3 has been pretty hype. Yeah, it’s been insane now outside, of course, you got a big line for Quake champions, but you also got a huge line for fallout 76 you guys are doing some birthday parties something like that. Have you had a chance to I know your community managing your doing your thing you’re technically working you’re on the clock, but have you had a chance to partake in any of these as the activities. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. I’ve definitely been through there’s a the fallout 76 experience is basically like being a vault dweller for the be right? But right before you get out to the pre reclamation area. So that’s amazing four blades, which is the new Elder Scrolls mobile game. They’ve actually got playable versions of that and a bunch of iPhone X’s and that’s been really rad like you can play a nun. If you saw the thing, but portrait mode or you can actually turn it and play like fully analog and honestly I was playing with that and I actually had like somebody had to come tap because I was just like I was just doing I was like I forgot what I was even doing it didn’t feel like I was like on a mobile game.

It felt like a legit Elder Scrolls, which was really cool. God. I’m the rage to thing on if you’ve been through that. But that’s pretty insane like the game’s amazing. And then you’ve got like the ice cream in the whole I don’t know the hell that things call were you like hammered down and you get the rating and then you’ve got like the guys in character. As like lunatics from the rage universe the new rage to universe. So, yeah, man. It’s been a this is the stuff like the whole showcase that we did for B e3. And then now at e3 has been like it’s been off the chain.

It’s been nuts. It’s been really cool. Okay. You tell people about your role with Quake champions because when a lot of people here community manager, they just did they think social media. I their I community as an as informs like what is a day in life with Joshua look like, oh man. I mean, there’s a lot of meetings. There’s a ton of meetings. But yeah, it’s basically. So we do social media for all the Quake channels, but we also basically are always in meetings with both marketing a little bit of sales and very heavily on the dev side. So our co-workers at its software all of the awesome Quake champions team.

We’re always talking about the things that we’re working on what we’re doing next and always, you know, the biggest thing that we’re doing as Community Managers, mortal emperor and myself for Quake champions are basically talking to the players getting all the feedback whether it’s balance changes whether it’s new features. They want to add whether it’s stuff. They’ve had in previous games of Quake or even other games in general and always trying to make sure that everybody’s on the same page. And we’re all working on basically everything to get people into Quake and get them acclimated and you know, get them addicted, which is like usually like four or five games.

Is a legendary name. I mean a legendary franchise in gaming and everything a lot of people. Maybe I’ve heard the name, maybe they haven’t played it in a while or play Quake champions for somebody that is a little familiar with it, but you know, it needs like an elevator pitch of sorts will you tell us about Quake champions and why people should play it sure Quake champions is basically the fastest highest skill FPS ever that is actually. It’s so much fun. It’s funny because it sounds like, you know, maybe it could be daunting to hear that at first like, oh, it’s the fastest hardest game to play in theory, but really it’s not it’s just because you know, I think a lot of us growing up.

Got used to dining games and then I think a lot of games as they’ve evolved kind of took some of that out. So, it’s like the whole fad with Battle Royale right now about how it’s like oh, you only die once you don’t feel that bad, but it’s like what did you actually accomplish in that and like what did you learn in the map and how did you like acclimate to it. So that the next time you play it you’re better at it. And I think every death in Quake champions is basically like a lesson of the things that you could have done better. And maybe situations that you could have handled differently, but it’s just it’s the best weapons with the most variety.

It’s the fastest. It’s the most fun multiplayer game on the market period. I mean, I’ve always grown up with quakes and then when they announce what this Quake was gonna be in the addition of champions and abilities, the amount of and also there’s different stacks from where you start from a balance. So, it’s just honestly like movement everything. It’s changed the game and it’s changed the depth of Quake so much that this is like by far the best one to get in because it’s a celebration of all the quakes listen. It’s just the two of us here there’s nobody watching at home, can you give us any any info on a potential release or you know, we’ve heard rumors about maybe you’ll quit champions being on console, which would be pretty cool.

Considering you Opeth estes had a lot of games go to switch, you know, Xbox and all that jazz any info. You could give us any hints. I mean, I’ll say this, you know, as a company. We’re always looking to get our games on as many platforms as possible because that’s the Bethesda way. It’s like we want everybody to enjoy our games the way they want when they want. There’s no definite release on anything yet, but you know, nothing’s basically out of the consideration. And as far as when free-to-play will be open or when like fully or win. You know, basically win the like when we’ll be out of early access.

I mean as ever it’s done what it’s done and honestly, what’s so important about this week is all the feedback that we’re gaining now from brand-new players that are just experiencing what it’s like to get in and see how the onboarding is for them in particular like their experiences are gonna help shape the rest of the, you know, like new free to player players coming in. So, yeah, it’ll be ready when it’s ready and we’re so happy to have everybody and it’s been really really cool like the community has been we have like the best welcoming community. I don’t know if you’ve if you’re like that familiar with the Quake champions community, but they’ve been super super awesome as far as just like being really welcoming and showing people the rubs really quickly.

Yeah, that’s good to know. So before I let you go. What’s the best piece of advice you could give anybody that wants to play Quake champions just really like grab a friend play together and have fun and enjoy the crazy carnage and speed that you can only get in quite champions. Go to Quake calm. That’s where you can find all the download links you need and all the information you need to get in the game this week. Again, you got to get in because otherwise I don’t know what its gonna open up again. So get in now to find me and the game online, you know, twitter.com slash Quake discord that Gigi slash Quake are the two fastest ways and you can always hit me up Tokyo punch-out all one word lowercase on discord on Twitter on anywhere it hit me up.

Let me know how you’re liking it. You know, let’s play some.