Editing Quake 4 (section)

==Release==
''Quake 4'' [[Release to manufacturing|went gold]] in early October 2005 and was released on October 18 for [[Microsoft Windows]], and later for [[Linux]], [[OS X]], and [[Xbox 360]].

A "Special DVD Edition" was released, including promotional material and the game ''[[Quake II]]'' with its expansions ''The Reckoning'' and ''Ground Zero''. The Xbox 360 version of ''Quake 4'' is based on the "Special DVD Edition" and includes ''Quake II''. On August 4, 2011, the game was made available through [[Steam (service)|Steam]].

''Quake 4'' was re-released for the Xbox 360 and PC on June 19, 2012, with publication handled by Bethesda. In Europe, the game was launched in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Benelux territories. It was released in the United Kingdom on June 22. Unlike the original Xbox 360 version, the Bethesda re-release does not include the port of ''Quake II''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-11-bethesda-re-releasing-quake-4-on-pc-xbox-360|title=Quake re-released on Xbox 360|website=[[Eurogamer]]|date=April 11, 2012|access-date=June 5, 2012|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616103709/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-11-bethesda-re-releasing-quake-4-on-pc-xbox-360|url-status=live}}</ref>