Editing Id Software (section)

{{Short description|American video game developer}}
{{About|the video game developer|the geodata software editor|iD (software)}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = id Software LLC
| logo = [[File:id Software.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = 
| former_name = id Software, Inc. (1991–2009)
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| predecessor = Ideas from the Deep
| founded = {{Start date and age|1991|02|01}} in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], US
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Adrian Carmack]]|[[John Carmack]]|[[Tom Hall]]|[[John Romero]]}}
| hq_location_city = [[Richardson, Texas]]
| hq_location_country = US
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Marty Stratton {{nowrap|([[studio director]])}}|Hugo Martin {{nowrap|([[creative director]])}}}}
| products = {{Unbulleted list|''[[Wolfenstein]]''|(1992–2008)|''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]''|(1993–present)|''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]''|(1996–present)|''[[Rage (video game)|Rage]]''|(2011–present)}}
| num_locations = 2 (2024)
| num_employees = 200+<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 17, 2016 |title=Game Changers Speaker Series: Garrett Young of id Software |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17bAwR1TiXo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624080053/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17bAwR1TiXo |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=June 24, 2022 |website=[[YouTube]] |time=34:32}}</ref>
| num_employees_year = 2016
| parent = [[ZeniMax Media]] (2009–present)
| divisions = id Software Frankfurt
| website = {{URL|https://www.idsoftware.com/|idsoftware.com}}
}}
'''id Software LLC''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|d}}) is an American [[video game developer]] based in [[Richardson, Texas]]. It was founded on February 1, 1991, by four members of the computer company [[Softdisk]]: [[game programmer|programmers]] [[John Carmack]] and [[John Romero]], [[game designer]] [[Tom Hall]], and artist [[Adrian Carmack]].

id Software made important technological developments in video game technologies for the [[IBM PC compatible|PC]] (running [[MS-DOS]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]), including work done for the ''[[Wolfenstein]]'', ''[[Doom (franchise)|Doom]]'', and ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' franchises at the time. id's work was particularly important in [[3D computer graphics]] technology and in [[game engine]]s that are used throughout the [[video game industry]]. The company was involved in the creation of the [[first-person shooter]] (FPS) genre: ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]'' is often considered to be the first true FPS; ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' is a game that popularized the genre and PC gaming in general; and ''[[Quake (video game)|Quake]]'' was id's first true 3D FPS.

On June 24, 2009, [[ZeniMax Media]] acquired the company. In 2015, they opened a second studio in [[Frankfurt]], Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2015 |title=Id Software opens German studio |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-08-05-id-software-opens-german-studio |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318001938/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2015-08-05-id-software-opens-german-studio |archive-date=March 18, 2017 |access-date=March 17, 2017}}</ref>