Electronic Arts and id Software form partnership

23 Comments by Ross Miller Jul 14th 2008 7:20PM
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360

Id Software creator John Carmack just announced at Electronic Arts' press conference that it has partnered with the publisher. The Quake and Doom creator has long used Activision as a publisher, but we wonder if things got bitter after the travesty that was Quake Wars console ports. Id and EA? What a great ... idea?

Update: The fruits of the partnership are beginning to bud as EA re-announces Rage, "an all-new take on the first person shooter" for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac. Note much else new is revealed about the game, which was named last August, but look for more info at QuakeCon.

Tags: breakingnews, e3-2008, ea, electronic-arts, id, id-tech-5, rage

(Page 1) Reader Comments

Sora: Jul 14th 2008; 7:25PM

I couldn't help but facepalm at the "id +EA = idea" thing at the end of your post, Ross...

Microswirl (MKWii:1676- 4270-3674): Jul 14th 2008; 7:44PM

For me it was the exact opposite: first I saw the word "idEA" and a half-second later realized it was two company logos. Ross gets a **facepalm** from me as well, just for the sheer obviousness of the pun.

Han: Jul 14th 2008; 7:25PM

I lawled at "idea."

rudimentalist: Jul 14th 2008; 7:25PM

I see what you did there! nice

Sunny: Jul 14th 2008; 7:26PM

Eh. I see it as them moving over to the lesser of two evils.

Dan: Jul 14th 2008; 7:26PM

YESSSS!!!! FREAKING A!!!

Dan: Jul 14th 2008; 7:34PM

EA IS AWESOME MAAN.... They gonna feed you some tasty DRM for you..

Hell watch'em put it in Quake Live for no freaking reason :-D

qbix: Jul 14th 2008; 7:27PM

FUCK! I don't want to sign up for a stupid EA account in order to play id games.

Mr.ESC: Jul 14th 2008; 7:33PM

I'm afraid of the future of Quake Live *gasp.

DangerMouse: Jul 14th 2008; 7:39PM

I wonder if they got the kind of thing that Valve has. Let id do whatever the hell they want and EA just publishes their games for retail. That would sound much nicer.

Mr.ESC: Jul 14th 2008; 7:48PM

Except for Ps3 owners,Lulz.

Mr.ESC: Jul 14th 2008; 7:32PM

I couldn't watch the RAGE teaser because the guy with the camera in G4 was an idiot, I saw the audience instead of the teaser (I think I saw Ludwig in the audience) and most guys in the audience looked bored out of their skull.

NukeAssault: Jul 14th 2008; 7:33PM

They probably did it on purpose. Either way i saw plenty of cameras. A video is bound to show up.

Mr.ESC: Jul 14th 2008; 7:35PM

I hope so because G4 stream was awful,it wa slike a very long YTMND except it wasn't funny (Well Peter Moore had it's moments)

Rod Munch: Jul 14th 2008; 7:34PM

Haha! Idea! I can die happy knowing I've witnessed the best pun that has ever been, is or will ever be.

natetk: Jul 14th 2008; 7:36PM

Well this sucks. I hope the next quake you don't have to pay for weapons.

Spiza: Jul 14th 2008; 7:40PM

I don't think its activision's fault the game sucked so badly. It was a horrible PC game. Splash Damage is the one id needs to cut ties with.

DangerMouse: Jul 14th 2008; 7:45PM

Agreed. But the timing on releasing the console versions was way off. Releasing a game that looks like last gen and plays like two gens ago much later than the PC version was a poor decision.

Purple Haze: Jul 14th 2008; 7:47PM

If they get the same treatment as Valve do then this is really good for them.

sojo: Jul 14th 2008; 7:47PM

doom3 for the wii!
pretty pleeezz!

Elsnerma: Jul 14th 2008; 9:00PM

idEA...sounds like a winner to me.

fred: Jul 15th 2008; 12:11AM

re: the rage press release
that was absolutely the least informative game description ever

Tony D.: Jul 15th 2008; 2:29AM

That is the greatest pun in the history of life and existence. Seriously, that was the funniest **** I've read in recent memory. Hilariously awesome.

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