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Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by kleiba on Monday September 21, 2020 @10:43AM (#24544046)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but was id actually involved in the 2009 Wolfenstein or in New Order? I think not. However, they did develop Doom 2016...
Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by DiabloD3 on Monday September 21, 2020 @06:00PM (#24548929)
They are involved for the technical aspects beyond merely MachineGames using id engines. MachineGames in a lot of ways acts like another id software studio, but it is free to form its own flavor.

MachineGames also has (uncredited?) work on Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal.

Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by kingtobbe on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:09AM (#24544339)
Wolfenstein was made by Machinegames. Though there is quite a bit of overlap between the two studios during production.
Re:Microsoft to acquire ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks... by andoriyu on Monday September 21, 2020 @06:35PM (#24549180)
2009 - they were producers, but the development was done by Raven Software and published by Activision. So not really involved other than owners of IP?

New Order - not at all, maybe as engine developers. Right for that IP were transferred to MachineGames in 2010 right after ZeniMax got hold of them.

As for Doom 2016 - they enlisted a lot of outside help after Doom 4 was scraped. Bethesda's game directors helped them a lot because they already figured how to make "old ip" to sell well with modern gamers (see Fallout 3).

side note:

I don't think id managed to get deliver a lot of good games since John Romero left. (just like John Romero didn't deliver many good games since the separation)

John Romero and John Carmack were like a dream team, but without each other it was meh.