The \u201efather of FPS games\u201d himself claims it.<\/p>\n
There has been a lawsuit going for a while between Zenimax<\/strong><\/em> (who owns Bethesda<\/strong><\/em>, as well as John Carmack<\/strong><\/em>‘s former workplace, id Software) and Carmack, who has created several memorable games (such as Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM, or Quake – all of them were essential in the FPS genre’s evolution), but since moved towards virtual reality. The lawsuit was happening because Zenimax<\/strong><\/em> claimed Carmack has taken his work (owned by Zenimax) from id Software<\/em><\/strong> to Oculus<\/strong><\/em>, causing copyright infringement in the process.<\/p>\n Carmack wrote the following on Twitter<\/a>: \u201eMy personal legal disputes are over. Zenimax<\/strong><\/em> has fully satisfied their obligations to me from the purchase of id Software<\/strong><\/em>, and we have released all claims against each other. (The appeal for Oculus<\/strong><\/em> still goes forward).\u201d The sentence in the brackets refer to Oculus<\/strong><\/em> having to pay 500 million dollars to Zenimax<\/strong><\/em> (which since has been halved due to the infringement not being significant), but they want to reduce the copyright infringement penalty lower.<\/p>\n Zenimax<\/strong><\/em> is also fighting against Samsung in the court, too. According to The Verge<\/a><\/span>, \u201eCarmack secretly brought Oculus (and former ZeniMax<\/strong><\/em>) employee Matt Hooper into id Software\u2019s offices to develop an \u201eattack plan\u201d for mobile VR, which Oculus<\/strong><\/em> would later take to Samsung. The Samsung Gear VR<\/strong><\/em> was also built on some of the same code as the Oculus Rift.\u201d That’s a different story, though…<\/p>\n Source: GameSpot<\/a><\/span>, The Verge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n My personal legal disputes are over — Zenimax has fully satisfied their obligations to me from the purchase of Id Software, and we have released all claims against each other. (The appeal for Oculus still goes forward)<\/p>\n \u2014 John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) October 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n