# Cancelled Quake 4 expansion gets surprise GitHub release after former XCOM 2 developer discovers it on an old hard drive: ‘This essentially saved my life’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cancelled-quake-4-expansion-gets-surprise-github-release-after-former-xcom-2-developer-discovers-it-on-an-old-hard-drive-this-essentially-saved-my-life/
- Published: 2026-08-09T12:00:00+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/cancelled-quake-4-expansion-gets-surprise-github-release-after-former-xcom-2-developer-discovers-it-on-an-old-hard-drive-this-essentially-saved-my-life/
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Cancelled Quake 4 expansion found on old hard drive
- Former XCOM 2 developer released it free on GitHub
- Developer says rediscovering it had major personal significance

## Summary

A former XCOM 2 developer has released "Rubicon Rumble Pack", a cancelled Quake 4 expansion, publicly on GitHub after finding it stored on an old hard drive. The developer, who worked on the project during a difficult period, said rediscovering and sharing the lost content had a profound personal impact, describing the release as something that "essentially saved my life". The release gives players and Quake fans access to expansion content that never made it to market when the project was axed.

The expansion had been shelved and largely forgotten before its discovery, with no prior public indication that a playable or near-complete version still existed. By uploading the files to GitHub, the developer has made the previously unreleased Quake 4 content freely available to the wider community, preserving a piece of the franchise's history that would otherwise have been lost entirely.

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