(old news) Id Software bought.

[KrossX]

I just read about it. I still can't think if it's good or bad. =S

ZeniMax Media Acquires id Software

June 24, 2009 (Rockville, MD) – ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio, id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, and its upcoming title, RAGE. The acquisition by ZeniMax Media joins together two of the finest, most respected videogame developers in the world, combining the first person shooter (FPS) expertise of id Software with acclaimed role playing game (RPG) developer Bethesda Game Studios – creators of the 2008 Game of the Year, Fallout 3, and the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Bethesda Softworks will publish the titles of id Software other than upcoming releases previously committed to other publishers.

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[Squall-Leonhart]

TES5 with the Doom4 engine?

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[ozzgx4]

Well would it not mean that the games produced will be even better?

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

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[Squall-Leonhart]

or the engine worse......

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[KrossX]

I was thinking something like that, Bethesda games using Id engines....
or... Id games using the Gamebryo engine too... O_O"

I guess the first one is more likely to happen.
And cheaper perhaps?

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[ozzgx4]

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

or the engine worse......

What do you mean?

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

Q:What is the meaning of life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[Radix865]

Originally Posted by ozzgx4

What do you mean?

Slaying plastic trolls, yay!

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[ozzgx4]

I'm not trolling! I'm being serious

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

Q:What is the meaning of life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.

[KrossX]

So he was too... I guess.

Id Tech4 engine has a quite "plastic" look.
So you would be slaying "plastic" trolls on future TES games. =P

(at least that's what I think he said)

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[ozzgx4]

oh I see....

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

Q:What is the meaning of life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.