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id Software Acquired by Zenimax Media
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id Software Acquired by Zenimax Media

Posted 06/25/09 at 02:19:36 PM  by Pulkit Chandna

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Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Software – the developer behind the Fallout and Elder Scrolls franchises, announced on Wednesday it has acquired id Software, the game studio credited with such massive hits as Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein. However, Zenimax has not divulged the financial details of the transaction. id Software’s top brass, including its founder and technical director John Carmack, will continue to be in charge. Bethesda will publish all new id Software titles from now on.

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