[quote]John Carmack, co-founder of Doom developer id Software, has left the company in order to pursue new projects outside the field of game development, reports IGN. — Joystick[/quote]
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/22/doom-creator-john-carmack-officially-leaves-id-software
[quote]John’s work on id Tech 5 and the technology for the current development work at id is complete, and his departure will not affect any current projects. We are fortunate to have a brilliant group of programmers at id who worked with John and will carry on id’s tradition of making great games with cutting-edge technology. As colleagues of John for many years, we wish him well. — Tim Willits[/quote]
Wow, it's an end of an era.
I think it's a great thing that John Carmack is moving onto something as innovative and novel in its concept as the Oculus Rift.
He changed the gaming industry once, maybe he can do it again.
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I remember him saying a while back that he was more interested in, and more capable of working on the technology side of games, rather than the game design side - as quake is the pinnacle of his talent for game design. So if anything we should all be happy that a living legend is both still around AND trying to make new legends.