Quake 4, a first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision, was officially released to the public.
Quake 4 was officially announced by Activision, building anticipation for the upcoming release of the sequel to Quake II.
A playable demo of Quake 4 was released, allowing players to experience a portion of the game before its full release.
The Strogg species rapidly expands their numbers through aggressive cybernetic harvesting across their homeworld.
The Strogg launch a massive assault on Earth, initiating the devastating First Strogg Invasion, capturing key facilities and enslaving humans.
The powerful Strogg warlord Makron consolidates power, becoming the central command of the Strogg invasion forces.
Human military response initiates a counter-invasion into Strogg homeworld intending to cripple their war production.
The elite Rhino Squad deploys on Stroggos to sabotage the Strogg war infrastructure and rescue captured personnel.
Following a swift elimination of his squad, Lieutenant Kane is captured by Strogg forces and subjected to forced cybernetic conversion.
Lieutenant Kane undergoes painful cybernetic augmentation and later escapes Strogg captivity to continue fighting.
Kane leads a mission to infiltrate the Strogg main command center, aiming to destroy their command infrastructure.
Kane destroys Makron, cutting the Strogg forces' centralized command and significantly weakening their offensive capabilities.
