Bethesda to publish RAGE

By Patrick Garratt

Zenimax will publish id’s RAGE, the Bethesda parent and id-owner just announced.

EA was to sell the game originally.

“Electronic Arts will not be involved in the sales and marketing of RAGE,” said Zenimax in a statement.

“The ongoing development of RAGE is unaffected by this development.”

PR after the break.

ZENIMAX ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO PUBLISH RAGE

December 15, 2009 (Rockville, MD) – ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of id Software, announced today that it has picked up the publishing rights for RAGE™, the video game under development at id Software.

RAGE will be published by Bethesda Softworks, another ZeniMax subsidiary. As a result, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) will not be involved in the sales and marketing of RAGE. The ongoing development of RAGE is unaffected by this development.