ETQW demo this afternoon

By Robert Purchese Published 10 September, 2007

Plus exciting IRC party.

Splash Damage has announced that the PC demo for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will be available to download this afternoon, from 6pm BST (UK time) onwards. Isn't that the evening? We're not sure.

A list of mirrors will be published on the official community site closer to the time.

In the demo is the retail version of the Valley map, which has undergone numerous balance tweaks from the various beta tests. So you'll be enjoying the final iterations of XP, weapon balancing, player movement and vehicle handling.

You'll also get a chance to use the bots as single-player fodder, or as filler in your multiplayer matches - which you'll be able to host using the standalone server and server launcher tool.

Valley is one of the biggest maps in the game, and will give you a good chance to test out all the various types of combat: vehicle battles, air fights, artillery bombardments, or just plain face-to-face pulverisation.

The main aim of the scenario is to flush the Strogg out of a contamination plant messing up the local water supply, but there will be side missions to explore if you want to wander off the beaten track.

If that makes you very excited, then you might like to pop into the Quake Wars IRC channel and chat to the developer and publisher at a demo-launch get together. The network is irc.quakenet.org and the channel is #quakewars. Words will be flying from around 6:15pm BST.

Pop over to the official community site for the system requirements, and keep your eyes peeled for the demo.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is due out on PC on 28th September. PS3 and 360 versions are also planned, but not yet dated.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (20) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Dizzy #1 4 years ago

    Nice...

    I am sure I am going to get totally slaughtered by people who have played the beta when I wander in in a few hours.

  • M83J01P97 #2 4 years ago

    Yeah, that's the main reason I was planning on keeping away from this demo, but if it has single player bots... I am more tempted again.

  • spliffhead #3 4 years ago

    Great at least we'll be able to play this at some point, unlike the ridiculous "giveaway" for the COD4 beta.

    Any codes yet anyone...yawn...

  • crozon #4 4 years ago

    been playing the beta and its great. but trust me you can have loads of fun and not even attempt to shoot someone. don't approach this game like you would battlefield 2/2142. as everything is objective based use your class the best way you can to support the rest of the team to accomplish the objective. also if you play as the covert ops and are trying to hack the shield generator make sure you plant the third eye (mini radar) close to it. really comes in handy and gives you a big advantage.

  • mkreku #5 4 years ago

    Will there be naked girls in this IRC party..?

  • Kismet. #6 4 years ago

    It's irresponsible to release the ETQW demo at the beginning of the week.
    Splash Damage should be blamed for forcing working people to skip sleeping so many days before week end!

    18:15 BST... that's 19:15 here, perfect! Plenty of time to get home, start downloading, prepare a lot of coffee and take care of the social stuff before download is finished. *g*
    Edited by 1 at 10/09/07 @ 15:26

  • espy #7 4 years ago

    I've always liked that about ET: even if you're complete crap at the gunplay, you can still be a productive team member and have loads of fun as one of the support classes. You can be a good player just by being smart, without having to have practised aiming for ages or having ridiculously awesome reaction times.

    If you're intimidated by better players, start playing as an Engineer, Medic or Field Ops. You can stay out of the immediate carnage or at least get by without engaging in direct combat, and still do loads of cool and useful stuff. This is not Quake!

  • MilkYMoO #8 4 years ago

    So my almighty P4 1.4 geforce 4 ti 4600 that I'm stuck with until I get my good pc fixed wont run it.Damn I was hoping for a miracle.

  • lambtron #9 4 years ago

    "use your class the best way you can to support the rest of the team to accomplish the objective."

    This is the key to success in ET and also why it is so awesome. No other game promotes team play the way it does. If you play as a team you will do well.

  • FooAtari #10 4 years ago

    Looking forward to giving this a try. I wasnt totally convinced by the beta, but it was quite fun.

    Im on night shift for the nex two nights :( but then off till weekend :D

  • Summo #11 4 years ago

    I'm sensing this'll be like those glorious days when everyone was playing the Battlefield 1942 demo for hours on end.

  • sharpfish #12 4 years ago

    worth a shot methinks :)

  • Machetazo #13 4 years ago

    How important are mics for ET:QW?

  • Apostle #14 4 years ago

    I don't think it has built in voice comm's? Well in the beta, either no one spoke, or it didn't have it.

    If you mean, how important are mic's in general for the game, I wouldn't say it makes much impact in public games. People act like headless chickens most of the time with a few people guiding the team to victory.
    Edited by 1 at 10/09/07 @ 16:17

  • espy #15 4 years ago

    You don't really need a mic. There's lots of useful voice chat presets and a context sensitive radial menu you can use to quickly give orders or generally tell your team stuff.

    This is also quite cool because you don't have to listen to the inane cursing of some random aggro teenager on the other side of the planet.

  • Machetazo #16 4 years ago

    That's good, then. I guess the objective reminders render the comms support superfluous, and like the previous poster pointed out, there are presets, too.
    Edited by 2 at 10/09/07 @ 16:20

  • Aegus #17 4 years ago

    ETQW demo or the rumoured TF2 demo tomorrow. Decisions decisions.

  • Caimbeul #18 4 years ago

    Im really glad this has bots in it. Most game s dont these days and it really frustrating when you hate plaing on-line against people. Means that me and my Bro's (thats real brothers not some hip ghetto slang) can play multiplayer and pad out the experience with bots YAY! may even buy it if its not too bad. Games like far cry would have been better in multiplayer if it had bots because although its a great game multiplayer, running around the jungle with 2-3 people in the map can be a bit frustrating.. PS sorry about the f'd up spelling and grammar - this guild wars ad is bringing my work PC to its knees!! :-( my text is appearing about 20 seconds after i type it.

  • Tyronne #19 4 years ago

    Just for a update, the demo has been released.

  • sharpfish #20 4 years ago

    Demo is good. Ran on all high settings + 2Xaa @ 1440x900 on my 8800gtx.

    Gameplay was pretty good too though chaotic to a newb like me, I soon got into the swing of things with the rocket launcher (which i'm guessing is the typical newb weapon). ;)