John Carmack van id-Software heeft aangekondigd dat er geen testversie meer uit zal gaan komen van Quake3 arena..
De eerstvolgende versie zal een volledige demo zijn:

10/17/99

The next release will be the full "demo" release for quake 3.
It will include bots and a new, simple level that is suitable for
complete beginners to play, as well as the existing q3test maps.


The timing just didn't work out right for another test before we
complete the game.


We plan on releasing the demo after code freeze, when the entire
game is in final testing, which will give us a few days time to
fix any last minute problems that show up before golden master.


No, I don't have an actual date when that will be...."