At Electronic Arts' E3 2008 press conference this afternoon, John Carmack (co-creator of Doom and co-founder of Id Software) announced that id Software would join the publishing giant through its EA Partners program. EA's rapidly growing program is also home to mega-developers like Valve and Crytek. Carmack also announced that id's newest release, Rage, will be published by Electronic Arts under the new agreement.
Stay tuned for further details as they emerge.
New details, as promised: EA and id Software just sent out a press release including the following quotes and further details. Rage is the first of id's games to be developed from the ground up to run on the most advanced gaming hardware, both PC and HD consoles, through id's new proprietary engine id Tech5.
CEO of Id Software Todd Hollenshead issued the following statement. "Rage represents a new direction for our games. Rage is a shooter unlike any other, developed on our cutting-edge new technology, and built to the exacting standards id is famous for. We're excited to have the support of EA Partners to launch Rage on the world."
EA representatives expressed similar enthusiasm and offered the teaser that more of Rage will be shown at QuakeCon 2008, running from July 31th to August 2nd in Dallas, Texas. We'll be there.
