The reboots, they’ve owned the rights (or maybe ZeniMax technically?) of both for over a decade. I think id was bought out. So the Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein 2014 games and newer games are Bethesda published.
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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year agoBethesda titles outside of Doom and Wolfenstein
…wat
jeffw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
uis@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They bought company that bought idSoftware
Lols@lemm.ee 1 year ago
doom and Wolfenstein are published by bethesda
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not originally, for sure!
Lols@lemm.ee 1 year ago
i assumed they were talking about the bethesda published reboots, what with them being significantly more popular than the earlier games
grue@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean, if someone says “Doom and Wolfenstein” without specifying “Doom Eternal” and “Wolfenstein: Youngblood” (which I had to look up, BTW), I’m thinking of Id.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Dude! The original ones were cultural touchstones in a market that wasn’t yet oversaturated. They literally invented and defined the whole genre!
More people might be playing the new ones NOW, but the original ones were undoubtedly MUCH more popular in their time.
aniki@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Mate, Wolfenstein means something so far beyond a bunch of entirely forgettable reboots.