EA: we will still publish Rage

By Robert Purchese Published 25 June, 2009

Deal not affected by id acquisition.

EA will remain as the publisher of Rage, despite id Software's new owner ZeniMax boasting the game will be part of its "library of powerhouse franchises".

"EA's agreement with id Software for Rage remains unchanged," EA told GamesIndustry.biz.

Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax announced the acquisition of id Software yesterday afternoon. Franchises Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein were all mentioned alongside Rage.

EA Partners signed Rage - a post-apocalyptic shooting and racing game for PC, PS3 and 360 - last year. Only brief glimpses of Rage have been offered so far.

Eurogamer will jet off to QuakeCon in August to find out more.

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  • carlitoswagon #1 3 years ago

    ok

  • Triggerhappytel #2 3 years ago

    Not surprised really; EA have far more publishing power than ZeniMax/Bethesda, and probably wanted to keep the publishing rights once the deal was in place. I'd imagine subsequent games will go to id's new parent though.

    Will be interested to see how this turns out. Personally, I'm more interested in Borderlands, but I wonder how id will get along with developing massive open areas and vehicles integrated into the basic gameplay.

  • mashk #3 3 years ago

    I really angry about this, in fact you could say that I'm incandescent with RAGE!

    Teehee.

  • AphoticCosmos #4 3 years ago

    EA is getting much better, hopefully they went hands-off with Rage, as well.

  • Optimaximal #5 3 years ago

    In all fairness, EA were only publishing this under their Partners agreement. They're probably having little involvement in the development, instead just focussing on getting it on the shelves.

  • djed #6 3 years ago

    Redline is a 1999 post-apocalyptic combination first-person shooter/racing video game for Microsoft Windows. Good luck beating Redline, you CHICKENS!