Zenimax (Bethesda) acquires id software (holy cow)

Wow, that's some big news. 2 very big companies with deep history with the PC..... and posted in the console forum!

 

I guess that this means future Bethesda games could be running on Id based engines. Thats certainly promising.

 

Damned that a huge news! Crap unexpected and huge.
I see marvelous things coming out of this operations.

I wonder if DeanoC was aware of this merging, the comment about virtual texturing etc. for bling this could go supposely wery well along Id tech 5 and megatexture

 

My first thought was that the founders of ID wanted to sell up and retire (or go build rockets).

After reading the press release, it seems that ID have realised they are too small to take advantage of their IP at the same time as making games engines and developing new IP. I suspect this will free the core of ID around Carmack to make new engine technologies, whilst the rest of the company can now grow and start making games and content around those technologies and the existing ID intellectual property. I guess ID realised (like Epic) that you have to grow if you want to be putting out more than one game every four or five years.

 

id wasn't leveraging their tech. This is probably a good movie. It's taking them way too long to get any finished goods out the door. Carmack comes up with some new technology, and it takes them ages to get anything more than a tech demo out. This was obviously starting to happen with Doom3.

 

So future Elder Scrolls and Fallout games need not have a crappy engine? This is good news. I've been a fan of ID tech way more than the games (aside Quake 2) and Bethesda games way more than their tech.

It could well be a great blend.

 

It'd be nice wouldn't it? An Elder Scrolls game with a good engine would be a huge boon to the RPG genre.

 

I really hope we see a Oblivion/Fallout style rpg using the id engine. Seems like we could have some interesting open worlds using megatexture, if it all works as it is supposed to.

 

What about Duke Nukem Forever??????????

 

Holy. Crap.

 

Oh well, no Doom 5 on Gamebryo then.

 

Woah!

 

Splash Damage are next on the block, given that they're using id Tech 4, and Bethesda is publishing their next game... they're an obvious target

 

I wonder how EA feel about Rage now. Any sequels will be published by ZeniMax so what's EA's drive to go the extra mile with it? Feed what could possibly be a trilogy of games that will make ZeniId tons of cash?

About the deal: John Romero was right 12 years ago?

About posting in the console forum: it's sad but even I must agree consoles are in the driver's seat. (for now /me shakes fist)

 

Indeed, Id soft has not really proven itself in the console arena as far as sales and even tech but at least Bethesda is going to help with the financials to help them finish their tech as Activision is self sufficient having made so much progress in the console arena.

I am hoping this will make id/JC wake up from their self placed pedestal so that they realize they cannot take "game consoles" lightly when so many other dev teams have made so much progress in tech and profits and being present in gamers minds.