In case you have been on a island for the past couple of months, there's been some changes in some well known first person shooter game developers. id Software has been bought out and 3D Realms is now basically just Scott Miller and George Broussard. So how does Cliff Bleszinski, the lead designer at Epic Games,feel about these changes?

In a chat with the Develop site, He states, "To see the old standbys go through these kinds of changes . . . it's really shocking. We all came from the same mould from the shareware days; these studios have been around forever, and to see them acquired like that is a surprise." He adds that id's acquisition by ZeniMax Media " . . . will probably be a good thing for id." And what are the chances that Epic could be bought out one day? "CliffyB" says, "We're doing fine as is right now . . . .I've got like five projects going on right now, all a guarantee that we'll keep the lights on for years to come."