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When ZeniMax (parent company of Bethesda Softworks) acquired Id Software back in June, it was a little strange. After all, EA was still planning on publishing "RAGE," the next major release from the "DOOM" developer, and the acquisition wasn't going to change that.

Well, it seems like it has, as ZeniMax will now be publishing "RAGE" under Bethesda Softworks, basically severing any remaining ties that Id had with EA. It's probably a smart move, given that Id Software games don't exactly come around too often, and for such a major release, you kinda want to reap the rewards yourself, rather than fund a competitor.

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Tags bethesda softworks, ea, rage, zenimax

Even though id Software still has a publishing agreement with Activision (for "Wolfenstein") and EA (for "RAGE"), Zenimax is definitely a more ideal home for the company. The acquisition of id by Zenimax, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, was announced yesterday. John Carmack spoke to MTV Multiplayer about the deal and why he thinks Activision and EA wouldn't have been a good fit for the long-time game development house.

"When you get down and look at the details of what it would mean for id Software to be apart of Activision and EA, you start realizing that it wouldn't be all roses in that situation. We'd be coming into a situation where we'd have several other studios inside the same company that essentially want to do what we want to do. There's competitive interest there, and they're entrenched. We'd be coming in from the outside to fight for our space there, fight for the resources and attention of a larger company."

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Huge news in the world of video game publishing today, Zenimax Media has acquired id Software, bringing id's forthcoming publisher-less titles (i.e. not "RAGE," since EA already called that one) into the same family as Bethesda (publisher of "Fallout 3," "Oblivion," and the upcoming "Brink"). Zenimax will publish future id games under the Bethesda Softworks label.

We've already reached out to both parties to get a statement, but in the meantime, here's the release that Zenimax put out:
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Tags bethesda game studios, doom, id software, zenimax