I'm not excited about Rage yet but I'll see as we get closer to the release date and reviews will determine my purchase and hype for it. Could be my Sleeper Hit game for Next Year just like Red Dead Redemption has been for me.

Actually to be honest the only reason why I'm not so interested in Rage right now is because of the ugly mutated enemies. They're so disgustingly ugly.

But I also wanna get it because it looks sooooo beautiful graphically.

They didn't exactly join Bethesda. They were bought by Zenimax, the studio owning Bethesda. Which, I suppose, is pretty much the same as Bethesda :P

Anyway, I doubt they would have let Zenimax buy them if it changed the way they work. id's always done what its' wanted, it won't change any time soon.

LAME!!!  Thats so far away

If it's a well put together piece of work when it releases, i'm fine with that date. GT5 on the other hand... from what I know of that game, the wait isn't justified for me.