ZeniMax, parent company of Bethesda Softworks, has just announce that they will be acquiring famous game engine development powerhouse id software. Bethesda is well-known for it’s Fallout and Elder Scrolls series, while id is famous for it’s first-person shooter franchises Quake and Doom.
At first glance, id, an almost exclusively first-person shooter dominated studio; and RPG powerhouse Bethesda may not seem to have that much in common, but this may be the thing that makes them the best fit. With no directly overlapping internal competition this deal serves to expand ZeniMax Media’s portfolio without creating conflict between their respective subsidiaries.
This also makes Bethesda the new employer of game engine legend John Carmack. This can mean nothing but good things for the next set of Bethesda classics.
