ID Software co-founder returns to QuakeCon a decade after company exit
John Carmack says he is “so happy” to be welcomed at QuakeCon
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ID Software’s co-founder John Carmack made a return to this year’s QuakeCon after exiting the company in 2013 following legal battles.
Along with being co-founder of ID, Carmack is also known for working onQuake,Doom,andWolfensteinas a programmer, but hequit the company in 2013 to join Oculus VR.
The reason for his departure stems from a disagreement with Zenimax Media - Bethesda’s parent company - because they wouldn’t allow the games he was developing to appear on the VR headset.
Zenimax later involved Carmack in a lawsuit, claiming thatOculus' parent company Facebook - now Meta - stole its VR intellectual property. The trial resulted in the jury not finding him liable, and Carmack later sued Zenimax in 2017 claiming the company owed him $22 million from their purchase of ID Software. Theysettled the lawsuita year later, with Cormack saying that the parent “fully satisfied their obligations to me.”
Now, 10 years after leaving ID, Carmack has made a return to QuakeCon and expressed his thanks for the warm welcome to the event, despite the history between himself and the company (viaVGC).
He took toTwitterto share his thoughts, saying “My first QuakeCon in a decade! I’m so happy that everything is cool now and I am welcome. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect with a post-COVID, no general admission event, but the BYOC was packed, and the energy was high even on day 3.”
In a follow-up tweet, Carmack added, “It was great to meet some of the new devs in the Id Software family - I wish you all the best carrying on the legacy!”
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