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Id Software Founds a New Office In Germany

Posted by timothy on from the freud-was-pushing-hard-for-vienna dept.

jones_supa writes: With some high-profile releases on the horizon, ZeniMax Media is expanding with a new studio in Frankfurt, Germany. Posted via Bethesda blog, reads the official ZeniMax statement: "As part of our continued global expansion, ZeniMax Media has opened (and is actively hiring for) a new technology development studio in Frankfurt – home to our German publishing operations. This team, an extension of id Software, will focus their efforts on idTech for DOOM and other titles under development at ZeniMax-owned studios." New positions are expected to pop up at ZeniMax's job listings.

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  1. Crytek droppings by Sigvatr · · Score: 2

    Probably to steal discount techies from dying Crytek.

    1. Re: Crytek droppings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Id is shit anyways. No real talent there anymore and the games are recycled shit. The engine business aint doing all that well either since people spending millions for a piece of code expect something in return. You can basically use Unity for all the stuff brogamers ever need. Id has no place in competitive gaming either. They basically fucked everything up and even their success was an accident based on the tech by Carmack.

      Id is toast.

    2. Re:Crytek droppings by Ihlosi · · Score: 1
      ... steal ...

      It's called "recycling". And it's a big thing in Germany

    3. Re: Crytek droppings by TWX · · Score: 2

      I doubt they will ever create something as remarkable as Wolfstein

      Especially if they're working in Germany!

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    4. Re:Crytek droppings by TWX · · Score: 2

      ... steal ...

      It's called "recycling". And it's a big thing in Germany

      So is David Hasselhoff...

      Wait, what were we talking about again?

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    5. Re: Crytek droppings by cyberchondriac · · Score: 2

      They certainly got stuck in a rut with the point, shoot, find keycard, access new area, repeat routine. Valve showed the world what a good single player campaign should look and act like with Half Life, which raised the bar, and id has never really stepped up to it; their games seem to be designed more to showcase Carmack's latest engine than anything else.
      That said, I just played Doom3 and Rage, both on sale at steam, and for the money (I got 'em cheap), they were fairly entertaining. Well, Rage more than Doom3, the latter was full of cheap shots and monsters that spawned or were released behind you, that got old fast. Rage was kinda fun, I liked the sniper mini-games, though the car controls on PC are too touchy, I'd rather use the mouse to steer than keys. I saw the preview of Doom4, and the melee attacks are awesome, but it's going to take a good deal more than that to keep the game interesting. Even the new snapmap feature isn't really bringing needed freshness to the franchise.

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    6. Re: Crytek droppings by Squatting_Dog · · Score: 1

      I loved "Rage". I thought it was one of the best games I have ever played! I never understood why the game wasn't more popular than what it was. The "sniper" part was great...... In the words of who ever it was:...."Roll Em"!!

    7. Re: Crytek droppings by cyberchondriac · · Score: 1

      Apparently it had numerous "bugs" when it was originally released, some of which were fixed by driver updates, but yeah, I had a lot of fun with it; the RPG elements added a lot to it, and the weapons and ammo selection were surprisingly diverse for id. Can't beat it for $12.

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  2. Re:After the racists that rule Germany... by dunkelfalke · · Score: 1

    Nope, basic law is the constitution of Germany. It was supposed to be a temporary constitution before the reunification, but was adopted as a permanent one in a constitutional reform act of 1994. Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.

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  3. Re:tittle by hcs_$reboot · · Score: 2

    http://www.thefreedictionary.c...

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  4. German vs. U.S. state constitutions by tepples · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.

    Are the constitutions of the several states of Germany more worthless than the constitutions of the several states of the USA?

    1. Re:German vs. U.S. state constitutions by dunkelfalke · · Score: 1

      I have no idea. According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.

      For example, the constitution of Hesse (where I live) allows death penalty in certain cases, but death penalty is not allowed in the German basic law. This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.

      I don't know what happens when federal and state laws are in conflict in the USA.

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    2. Re:German vs. U.S. state constitutions by tepples · · Score: 1

      According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.

      This is true of the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause as well.

      This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.

      What kind of "lockouts"? I assume it doesn't refer to lockout mechanisms to prevent amateur software from executing on game consoles.

  5. Re:Banned in Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    You have to distinguish between two types of censoring in Germany:
    1. Stuff that has been declared to be bad for the kids may not be advertised and may not be sold to minors. You won't find these type of games in the shelves. You have to ask at the counter. Sometimes games are modified to not fall into this category (f.ex. Half Life).
    2. Contents that is illegal (f.ex. walls plastered with Swastikas) is removed. If there is no version without illegal contents (f.ex. Wolfenstein 3D), the game may not be sold or passed on. There is no law against possession of these games, so you are fine if you got a copy before it was forbidden.

    According to Wikipedia Doom 1 and Doom 2 were in category 1 from 1994 to 2011. On top of that two bonus levels in Doom 2 had to be removed because of category 2. Doom 3 didn't have to be censored.