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  Maybe not. Maybe no one out side of Zenimax wants to use it? : baron calamity
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    That seems to be the case. First they were enthusiastic to show it off to potential licensees: http:/... : Mr Milquetoast
    • Zenimax bought id for their tech. : kek
    • ID Games might not be fun to play? : socom8271
    • Well, id have typically licensed their technology to a small number of close developers, like Raven. It w... : thesubtlesnake
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  Being honest, it was a little late to try to compete against UE 3.X. Five years late, exactly. : Turin Turambar
  • Unreal Engine was also late to compete with id Softwares previous engines... : matthaeus
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    first off, the UE3 engine is garbage. it stinks of the same issues that people complained about with the ... : RumpleForeSkin72
    • Mass Effect 2 lacked a color palette? What the fuck do you want, a disney game? : 5150Joker
    • The colors used by the engine have NOTHING to do with the engine but the artists using it. : Sturm08
• Maybe, maybe not. To set things up to really effectively license you need sales, support, and all that st... : Sturm08
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  Bad move by Zeni, good move for iD. iD has always been pretty exclusive about their engine licenses so I'... : Defacil
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    id's been exclusive with their engines?? everyone and their dog used quake 3. no one really wanted the id... : flasher 907
    • Uh, compared to other engines... idtech 3 was not that widely used. : Defacil
  • I think I read somewhere that John Carmack was like: "We are not an engine licensing company." Don't q... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I can't remember anyone licensing the Doom III engine outside of ID-related franchises (Quake 4, ET:QW an... : Hitman05
  • Check out Splash Damage's BRINK game. A modified ID TECH 4 game. Its looks great too. : Unoid
• Mark Rein's head is so far up Steve Ballmer's ass he could care less what other studios are doing. : Beelzebud
• I am sure Zenimax has very good reasons for not wanting to take on established competitors like Unreal en... : Dr_Cube
• Mark Rein? You mean Tim Sweeny. Mark doesn't do jack. Tim Sweeny is the programmer GOD there. Wasn't ther... : shadowhaxor