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John Romero blasts, then calms down, on id acquisition news


It certainly was surprising news on Wednesday when ZeniMax Media announced that it had purchased id Software and its properties. It certainly was surprising to John Romero, one of id's original co-founders but who hasn't been part of the company since 1996. While he's been working in secret at the MMO game developer Slipgate Ironworks since 2005 he certainly had some . . interesting thoughts on this week's news.

On his Twitter page, Romero first stated, "ZENIMAX??????? Disgusting." and later added, "Fallout 3 bought DOOM. Wow.." Later he seemed to calm down saying, " i am positive about the Zenimax deal. my initial reaction was harsh. sorry." His last "tweet" on the subject was downright melancholy, as he stated, "i guess i was shocked and sad to see the id Software of old changed forever today. it's a new day and a new id."

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