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Patent issues with Creative Labs resolved

Open source edition could reignite dormant patent issues

Publisher's Peter Hines says no id software game has been stalled - indefinitely or otherwise

Germany has removed restrictions from Doom and Doom II after a ban on selling it to teenagers spanning 17 years. In 1994, Germany put it on an index of controlled titles, believing that it could harm youths due to its level of violence. The video game could only be bought …

Moral panics are nothing new, but taking them to the Supreme Court in 2010 is madness

Publisher THQ has signed an extension to its partnership with animation studio Dreamworks that will see three new titles released over the next two years. Alongside the previously announced MegaMind, THQ will now also publish Kung Fu Panda: The KaBoom of Doom, Puss in Boots and The Penguins of Madagascar, …

Bethesda parent ZeniMax Media has this afternoon made a surprise move and bought id Software. The creator of franchises such as Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein will now come under the firm’s ownership along with its upcoming game Rage. Bethesda will publish all of id’s games going forward – except for …

Bethesda parent makes surprise swoop for creator of Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein

Textures taken from Doom 3 will be used in the game, says id's John Carmack

Big name US developers team up over digital distribution deal