ID and Epic Multiplatform Because of Piracy

jmke · 12th March 2007, 16:23

Across two seperate lectures at this week's Game Developers Conference, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead and Epic Games president Michael Capps both admitted that piracy of PC games caused their companies to pursue developing beyond the PC platform. 'Piracy has pushed id as being multiplatform,' stated Hollenshead, whose company contracted Z-Axis to handle the PlayStation 3 version and Nerve Software the Xbox 360 edition of Splash Damage's forthcoming Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC).

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12th March 2007, 16:23	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	ID and Epic Multiplatform Because of Piracy Across two seperate lectures at this week's Game Developers Conference, id Software CEO Todd Hollenshead and Epic Games president Michael Capps both admitted that piracy of PC games caused their companies to pursue developing beyond the PC platform. 'Piracy has pushed id as being multiplatform,' stated Hollenshead, whose company contracted Z-Axis to handle the PlayStation 3 version and Nerve Software the Xbox 360 edition of Splash Damage's forthcoming Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC). http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46079 __________________