I think that's the main reason Zenimax wanted them. They can use id as their internal engines team and get incredible tech for their other companies. Personally, I love that idea, being an old-school Bethsoft fan; they've always had incredible designers, but their engine tech has always been either a poor in-house engine, or a hacked apart version of an existing engine (e.g. NI, now Gamebryo).
I can't wait to see TES5, running on an id engine.
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They have stated that they wont licence out this engine. Since they got acquired, it'll only be used for Zenimax games.
Dang, hadn't heard that. Well, at least the next Bethesda RPG will have a decent engine to build on...
I think that's the main reason Zenimax wanted them. They can use id as their internal engines team and get incredible tech for their other companies. Personally, I love that idea, being an old-school Bethsoft fan; they've always had incredible designers, but their engine tech has always been either a poor in-house engine, or a hacked apart version of an existing engine (e.g. NI, now Gamebryo).
I can't wait to see TES5, running on an id engine.