In an interview with IGN, id Software's Tim Willits advised that the Quake Champions team is all prepped to setup Australian servers for the upcoming Closed Beta. That is, once the North American and European markets are taken care of. Proclaiming, "I love my Australian fans, but y’all live on the other side of the world!" he went on to advise that they're teaming up with a "major server cloud company" in Australia, and that invites to the Quake Champions beta will only go out once servers go online.

The Closed Beta for Quake Champions starts later this week for those north of the equatorial divide, which means we'll be getting in on the action a few weeks after that. id Software has advised that the Closed Beta roll-out will be a gradual one and that it will start off small. In the words of Tim Willits, "No-one panic in Australia, we got you guys covered. We will get you into the Closed Beta after we get our servers spun up in North America and Europe, but you guys are not far behind."

Nice.

And on that note, here's a look at the most recent Quake Champions reveal, Anarki, the, err, cybernetic transhuman punk that rides a hover-board. Bodacious.