Introduction

Welcome to PainKeep Arena, a modification for the popular Quake III engine of id software. This is the offline manual for PainKeep Arena, for convenience these pages are mirrored online at Team Evolve and Groundplan where you can find the latest news and updates.

PainKeep first appeared, many moons ago, as a deathmatch modification for Quake 1. PainKeep gained instant popularity and critical aclaim. When Quake III was announced we here at Team Evolve recieved many inquiries as to wether there would be a PainKeep modification, so many that there really was no alternative; PKA was born. After much hard work, squeezing in all the hours possible, neglecting our day jobs, girlfriends and personal hygiene PainKeep Arena is finally finished ... well you could spend eternity on a game such as this ...

PainKeep Arena offers the hungry fragger not only plenty of new weapons, but also rich environments packed with tons of new sounds, special effects, great new features, and lots of surprises. Although, PainKeep Arena is primarily focused on DeathMatch style of playing, Team DeathMatch and CTF styles of play are fully supported and offer variant play for some PainKeep Arena weapons.

PainKeep Arena is awesome to play online! We at Team Evolve believe that PainKeep Arena is what DeathMatch should be - Fast, Brutal, and Fun with an incredible assortment of bizarre and lethal weapons.

Since PainKeep Arena is designed as a full featured Mission-Pack for Quake III Arena, a very enjoyable Single Player experience awaits you. Single Player PainKeep Arena includes over twenty maps with a full supply of artificial opponents (Bots) that are well trained in the ways of combat. Single Player mode will offer you a means to hone your skill in the "Keep" without the need for an internet connection. When you are fully trained, come online and play against the pros.

We hope you enjoy the experience of playing PainKeep Arena as much as we did making it (even if it has felt like a full time job at times), now go and smear some blood on the walls of the Keep!

Team Evolve


Quality over Corporate B.S.!