id Turns Down Activision, Gets Sued

Gamespot is reporting on an article from the WSJ, stating that id software turned down a takeover bid by Activision earlier this year. Former employee Adrian Carmack, who was let go around that time, now states that his termination from the company was the result of a subtle ousting by the other owners. From the article: "... it is Carmack's contention that the other id owners deliberately rejected all of Activision's offers so they could then fire him, thereby acquiring his shares for a fraction of what the publisher would have paid for them. He claims that his fellow co-owners, which control a combined 59 percent of id, began a death-of-a-1,000-cuts-style approach to force him out--closely monitoring his hours, stripping him of privileges, and denying him access to board-related documents. The other board members also ceased redistributing profits as dividends in 2004 (for the five years prior to that, Carmack had received approximately $3.5 million per year)." Coverage also available from Gamasutra.

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[Saiyine]

No, according to the wikipedia article on him, he is not related to John.

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[yoyhed]

I actually think the environment was sufficiently creapy, but the enemies look like shit and would have been just as scary as DOOM1 sprites

I'm pretty sure the normal mapping, bump mapping, good models, good textures, and the fact that enemies actually look great, completely invalidate your statement. A pixelated sprite wouldn't scare me, at least not in 2005. And I'm fairly certain that you could not have done a better job on the monsters.

Oh, and since you were being a dick, I will be too. It's spelled creepy, not creapy. Dumbass.