A very brief press release was just issued to inform the masses that id Software’s upcoming title RAGE will now be published by Bethesda Softworks instead of EA. Here’s how it reads:

ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of id Software, announced today that it has picked up the publishing rights for RAGE, the video game under development at id Software.

RAGE will be published by Bethesda Softworks, another ZeniMax subsidiary. As a result, Electronic Arts Inc. will not be involved in the sales and marketing of RAGE. The ongoing development of RAGE is unaffected by this development.

So, uh, there ya go…Not sure how this will impact the release of the game (if at all), but we’ll of course keep you posted on any further developments.