id-Software is no more independent:
http://venturebeat.com/2009/06/25/the-bi...out-to-zenimax/

But it looks like they want to make more games faster now and are hiring a third team.

That's so.... weird. Thanks for the info anyway.

Thanks for the post, another company joins a conglomerate. The entire industry is really merging these days. Unfortunate, it makes it that much harder for the small guys to compete.

Who is left now of the big indies? I believe Epic and Valve are still independent. But both are quite big now and Valve became some sort of publisher themselves.

Maybe this id-deal is not that bad. The upcoming id-Tech sounds very good, can create amazing details and is multi-platform, will render in- and outdoor. So the next Elderscrolls/Oblivion or Fallout game could use id-technology.

And I have read something about RPG games of the id brands. This sounds interesting to me. We will see what happens.

They announced Doom4 and a couple of iPhone games based on their classic titles. And they want to make more games based on the "Rage" ip.

Yep, that's the only studios I can really think of. Bioware got bought out by EA, and they were one of the last few. I do agree that playing a new elder scrolls game with ID tech would be amazing.