id Software has got an office in Frankfurt

ZeniMax Media has opened an office for id Software in Frankfurt (Germany), which will focus on the development of idTech for the company’s future projects.

It is unclear whether the division is going to optimize the engine for mobile devices. At the same time, according to NeoGAF users, the majority of id Software Germany employees are former Crytek employees who are currently going through not the best of times.

It is difficult to say how true the statement is that the majority of people from Crytek are in the German id Software. At the same time, the very fact of the leak of frames to the creators of Doom is present. For example, Tiago Sousa, a former leading graphics programmer for the development and development of Crytek, who worked on all parts of Crysis, as well as Ryse, now works at id Software. However, not in Germany, but in the USA.

Anyway, considering these two points (the opening of a studio that will focus on engine development, and the fact that most of the employees come from a company that was engaged in selling its tools, among other things), we can assume that ZeniMax Media plans in the future to either offer an alternative to Unity and Unreal, or at least, to be as independent from them as possible.

By the way, Crytek Engine has performed very well on mobile devices. At one time, we were very impressed with how The Collectables, developed on it, looked like.

Sources: bethblog.com, neogaf.com