id Mobile

id Mobile was id Software's mobile games development subsidiary. It was originally founded as an independent company called Fountainhead Entertainment by Katherine Anna Kang in November 1999 with an emphasis on exploring machinima.^[1] In 2002 they produced Doom III: The Legacy, a short documentary film about the development of Doom 3. After finding success with Doom RPG, John Carmack's first tentative foray into mobile development, the company eventually merged with id Software and became id Mobile, continuing development on several series.

The subsidiary was announced as having been closed at QuakeCon 2012, on or around August 3, as a result of the internal reorganization by parent companies ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks in response to the then-ongoing failures in the development of Doom 4. John Carmack claimed that the resources of the mobile division would be repurposed toward that game, but he, Katherine, and the majority of the team departed the company within slightly more than a year.^[2]^[3]

Games[edit]

Doom RPG (2005; J2ME, BREW)
Orcs & Elves (2006; J2ME, BREW, Nintendo DS)
Orcs & Elves II (2007; J2ME, BREW)
Wolfenstein RPG (2008; J2ME, BREW, iOS)
Doom Resurrection (with Escalation Studios, 2009; iOS)
Doom II RPG (2009-2010; J2ME, BREW, iOS)
Rage: Mutant Bash TV demo (2010; iOS)
Rage HD (2010; iOS)

References[edit]

↑ Kang, Katherine Anna (14 November 2003). "Interview: Katherine Anna Kang." machinima.com (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
↑ Nicholson, Brad (3 August 2012). "It Came from QuakeCon: id Closes Mobile Development As It Focuses on ‘Doom 4’." TouchArcade. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
↑ McWhertor, Michael (18 August 2014). "John Carmack's 9-year-old son just released his first video game." Polygon. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

id Software v · t · e
Doom era (1993-2003)	Employees Michael Abrash • Adrian Carmack • John Carmack • Kevin Cloud • Tom Hall • Todd Hollenshead • Donna Jackson • American McGee • Sandy Petersen • John Romero • Shawn Green • Dave Taylor • Jay Wilbur • Tim Willits • Mike Wilson
Doom era (1993-2003)	Hired associates John Anderson • Gerald Brom • Dario Casali • Milo Casali • John Cash • John Coffey • Bernd Kreimeier • Randy Linden • Robert Prince • Don Ivan Punchatz • Gregor Punchatz • Paul Radek • Trent Reznor Nerve Software • Raven Software • Rogue Entertainment • TeamTNT • Williams Entertainment
Doom 3 era (2004-2008)	Employees Christian Antkow • Adrian Carmack • John Carmack • Kevin Cloud • Todd Hollenshead • Donna Jackson • Katherine Anna Kang • Fredrik Nilsson • Kenneth Scott • J.M.P van Waveren • Tim Willits
Doom 3 era (2004-2008)	Hired associates Matthew Costello • Trent Reznor • Chris Vrenna id Mobile • Nerve Software • Raven Software
ZeniMax era (2009+)	Employees Dakota Cann • Kevin Cloud • Mark Diaz • Donna Jackson • Hugo Martin • Jason Martin • Chad Mossholder • Jason O'Connell • Mike Rubits • Tiago Sousa • Marty Stratton • Emerson Tung • Tim Willits
ZeniMax era (2009+)	Related Mick Gordon • Andrew Hulshult • Bethesda Softworks • Nerve Software • Nightdive Studios • ZeniMax Media

[1] Kang, Katherine Anna (14 November 2003). "Interview: Katherine Anna Kang." machinima.com (archived 🏛). Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[2] Nicholson, Brad (3 August 2012). "It Came from QuakeCon: id Closes Mobile Development As It Focuses on ‘Doom 4’." TouchArcade. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

[3] McWhertor, Michael (18 August 2014). "John Carmack's 9-year-old son just released his first video game." Polygon. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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