One player summed up the situation in a discussion post titled, You have to be kidding me. You killed Quake: "So my old user name is gone, my clans are gone, the match browser is absolutely useless, everything looks all ♥♥♥♥ed up. You absolutely 100%, undeniably just destroyed THE greatest FPS ever created. It is completely ruined. You WILL be giving me my 10 dollars back."

Quake Live first hit the 'net as a browser-based spin-off of Quake III Arena. It transitioned to Steam in 2014, but kept its free price tag and two-tier subscription options. Anyone who had a Pro subscription to Quake Live automatically received the $10 version in their Steam accounts this morning, sans all of their previous game data. Id Software hasn't addressed the sudden price increase or lost data.

"In addition to our new Steamworks features, this update is an accumulation of a year of code updates, optimizations, and over 4,500 map fixes," the developers say. "We hope all players enjoy soaking in our new UI, in-game settings menus, spectating features, UTF-8 text chat, True Type Font support, Workshop, and our Stats API. We have had great pleasure working on this project over the past 8 years, and cannot wait to see what the community comes up with in the many years to come."