New Quake or just a trademark refresh?
ZeniMax Media has filed a new QUAKE trademark in the US, and the timing is enough to put the series back in focus. The application was filed on March 3, 2026, and covers recorded and downloadable game software, game instruction manuals, and digital publications. On paper, that is more relevant to games than the company’s other recent Quake-related filings.
The bigger story is the anniversary. Bethesda has already confirmed that 2026 marks 30 years since Quake first launched, and the company is also organizing this year’s QuakeCon around that milestone. QuakeCon 2026 is scheduled for August 6 to 9 in Grapevine, Texas, which gives the filing an easy anniversary angle even if nothing new has been announced yet.
Source: Justia
That said, expectations should stay under control. A trademark filing is not the same thing as a game reveal, and ZeniMax has already filed multiple Quake marks in the last two years for categories such as clothing, board games, entertainment services, toys, and printed goods. This new filing is more game-related, but it could still be a routine refresh of a long-running brand rather than a sign that a new Quake project is ready to surface.
ZeniMax Media files new trademark for Quake pic.twitter.com/13HbKR41wO
— Timur222 (@bogorad222) March 8, 2026
Quake Games
- Quake (1996)
- Quake Mission Pack No. 1: Scourge of Armagon (1997)
- Quake Mission Pack No. 2: Dissolution of Eternity (1997)
- Quake II (1997)
- Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning (1998)
- Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero (1998)
- Quake III Arena (1999)
- Quake III Team Arena (2000)
- Quake 4 (2005)
- Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (2007)
- Quake Live (2010, standalone release, after browser version)
- Quake Champions (2017 Early Access, later full release)
- Quake enhanced re-release (2021)
- Quake II enhanced re-release (2023)
The filing also arrives at a time when Quake has been active mostly through older releases rather than a new mainline entry. Quake Champions entered Early Access in August 2017, and Bethesda’s own anniversary timeline says the game reached version 1.0 in 2022. There were also updates from NVIDIA adding “RTX” features, but that doesn’t count as a new release, or does it?
Source: JUSTIA
