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Kotaku berichtet, wird ID Software (Doom, Wolfenstein, etc.) vom Bethesda Softworks Mutterkonzern ZeniMax Media aufgekauft. Laut Kotaku Interview werden sich weder die Prinzipien von ID Software, noch die von Bethesda dabei ändern- der Kauf erlaube ID Software jedoch stärker zu wachsen, als jemals zuvor. Auch im Tagesbetrieb von ID Software wird sich soweit nichts ändern, da alle Mitarbeiter Langzeitverträge haben.
Why did id sell?
"We're really getting kind of tired competing with our own publishers in terms of how our titles will be featured," Carmack said. "And we've really gotten more IPs than we've been able to take advantage of. And working with other companies hasn't been working out as spectacularly as it could. So the idea of actually becoming a publisher and merging Bethesda and ZeniMax on there [is ideal.] It would be hard to imagine a more complementary relationship. They are triple A, top-of-the-line in what they do in the RPGs. And they have no overlap with all the things we do in the FPSes."
Link:Kotaku-Artikelid: Why We Sold To ZeniMax