EA to Publish id's RAGE

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  Wasn't Half Life Orange Box published by EA? Or do they mean 'produced'? : deathofrats
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    yes, EA publishes Valve's latest retail box games. I don't know how "hands off" they were about it, thou... : the archvile
    • EA Partners is incredibly hands off. However, they only distribute Valve's stuff, not publish. They did p... : xsoulbrothax
• SiN Episodes was published via EAP and was on Steam. Don't jump to conclusions. : RomSteady
• it probably has a better chance of appearing on steam. the decision is probably entirely up to id rather ... : pyide
• Actually I think the chance of seeing id's future games as well appear on Steam is not that far-fetched. ... : Fjornsvavne
• I think it might have a better chance on EA Partners with the way ActiBlizzendi are heading. Dunno if it ... : flooq
• EA gave Valve the money to port the Orange Box to PS3 and that was it. : mansonist2000
• why is steam so important? and btw. i hate steam :D : apfelstrudel2

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• so u never played "Shadow of the Beast" on the mega drive? how dare u...go away and let EA alone! : apfelstrudel2

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• they better be hosted by the community, or I'm not buying it. : the archvile
• Well I don't know much about the multi player but how about server browser? Hopefully not the standard on... : te[R]ror
• rage and multipalyer? thats new. : apfelstrudel2

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• I was gonna say something about that. BF2142 has this long intro, and although there are ways to get aro... : spyrext

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  Look at how Quake IV was marketed. : RomSteady
  • " QuakeIV is in the works" months later " BTW it'll be out tomorrow, buy it n stuff" : happynoodle
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    http://www.button-masher.net/images/ffsatvi.jpg : kungfusquirrel
    • lol : pyide
    • We will not speak that black tongue here. : Mad Jack McMad
• it might've just been the "what have you done for me lately?" syndrome. Hopefully Carmack or Toll Hollen... : the archvile
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  I wonder how this will squeeze still-in-development-by-an-ATVI-owned-studio Wolfenstein. : Lunaran
  • It most certainly won't. Acitivision will almost certainly still be publishing that. : Kristian Joensen
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  Don't know much about the rest of the world. But here in Brazil, EA are fucking heroes and Activision is : zehh
  • EA are heroes 'coz of FIFA, amirite? : te[R]ror

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• haha. stupid EA : mansonist2000
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  id, Valve and Harmonix are nowhere near the level of EA, Activision Blizzard, etc. money-wise. These d... : ZaldronGG
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    or size-wise for that matter - I'm not sure how many employees Harmonix has but both Valve and id (as are... : kungfusquirrel
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      Yeah we're probably talking 50+ vs somewhere in the near thousand. : ZaldronGG
      • Much more than a thousand for EA I think, not sure about AB. : pillzer
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      I'm guessing that Harmonix is half the size of Id, though since they're owned by MTV / Viacom, they proba... : the archvile
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        id is one of the smallest of the big-name independent developers. They have about 50 people right now, wh... : jet-poop
        • Carmack does the work of 10 people.... so I've heard =p : mobab
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    When someone says "smaller independent developers" surely the most natural thing to oppose/compare that w... : Kristian Joensen
    • I would say that id is a small independent developer and Valve is a big one. Harmonix is not independent,... : markusarv

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• yep : Maarten Goldstein
• well that and they'll probably take care of the marketing as well. But I don't think iD will sacrifice an... : pillzer
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  Obligatory: id does not now, nor have they ever spelled their name lower-case i, upper-case d. : LeapingFool
  • yeah their logo is a lowercase d, but it's just bigger in the logo so people assume it's capital. : ElArabDeMagnifico
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    You are wrong, one of their old logos had an uppercase D. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_software#Com... : dumptruck
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15139311 : LeapingFool

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• replace all those garbage characters with one apostrophe. : the archvile

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• honestly you can only prefer the publisher who has the best ratio of evilness to awesome games at the cur... : DeBurgo
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  now that I think of it, could the merger with Vivendi/Blizzard be a factor? Vivendi was considered a "ba... : the archvile
  • Not really like that. Publishing deals in this day and age are exclusive, but in terms of big shot indepe... : Kristian Joensen

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• double that, although I am not that excited :) : droveri
• Seriously, I hope this shit appears quick. No day long delays like at Quakecon last year :( : jet-poop
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  We're doing that right now. : Chris Faylor
  • Faylor I hate to tell you that this way, but you just gave me wood.. : pillzer

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• them be some hangers : pancake humper
• Looks cool to me, more please. : scythe_guildhall

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  id Software is like holy and sacred to me. I own loads of good EA titles, but still.. that (above post) ... : humbleone
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    If it's just like Valve's partnership, I'd say it is. EA does nothing more than get the game to retail s... : valael
    • yea true, I shouldn't really jump the gun I guess. It is a shame that EA has this 'evil' status for me a... : humbleone
  • ..like a holy and sacred thing* I should go sleep.. : humbleone