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

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

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