ZeniMax Media - the company that owns Bethesda, id, Arkane and Tango - has bought another studio: MachineGames.
This developer was formed in 2009 by the founders of Starbreeze - the studio behind the Riddick games (Escape from Butcher Bay and Assault on Dark Athena) and comic-book conversion The Darkness.
MachineGames is busy making a new game using the impressive id Tech 5 engine. Bethesda Softworks (not Bethesda Game Studios - the developer part) will publish, but for now all details on the project are held back.
MachineGames CEO Jerk (!) Gustafsson said working with Bethesda and id was a "tremendous opportunity". He labelled his new project a "AAA title" that will "push the game development envelope".
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Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-11-zenimax-buys-machinegames
Zenimax has definitely had their pedal to the floor lately. Are we experiencing the birth of a new publishing giant?
