At roughly the same time this morning, Bethesda and EA dropped some big announcements. Zenimax (the parent company of Betheda) revealed that they’d purchased id Software. EA unveiled their new RPG/MMO studio group, made up of Mythic and BioWare. Didn’t see either of those coming.

So what does this mean for you? Overall, better games. Bethesda makes some kick ass RPG’s and id makes some kick ass shooters. Put them together sharing resources and you can bet the next Fallout and Doom games will be better off. The same goes for new RPG’s coming out of the new conglomerate of Mythic and BioWare. Could we see an MMO in the Mass Effect world?

While the effects of these mergers and acquisitions won’t have immediate effects on what games you’ll be playing, the long term fallout (no pun intended) will make better experiences for you, which is what these companies are striving to achieve.