Electronic Arts seemed to be very happy to have id Software in its line-up of third party game developed a year and a half ago when it first announced its publishing deal for Rage. Now that the first person shooter is in the hands of id's new owner ZeniMax Media, EA doesn't seem very upset about the situation.

IGN posted up a statement from an EA rep who stated, "In keeping with EA's initiative to focus on fewer hits, we have ended our publishing agreement with ZeniMax. We wish the very best outcome for the id team on what we believe will be an extraordinary game." While EA is indeed going through a restructuring where it is laying off 1,500 team members, it's also likely that EA didn't want to share any of Rage's revenue with ZeniMax, which is slowly becoming a major publisher in itself.