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priteshmodi on 11 November 2010

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?

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maf on 11 November 2010

They have acquired 3 studios in the past 4 months.

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Barozi on 11 November 2010

nice I expect something good

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priteshmodi on 11 November 2010

I probably should've included their affiliation with StarBreeze Studios in the title to get more interest in the information.

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SnesTea on 11 November 2010

Zenimax is just buying everything up :)

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