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Xbox confirms there isn't just "1 person left in Texas" working on id Software's engine following mass layoffs, but "dozens" across "multiple locations"

A former dev claims the VFX team is down to one artist, however

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id Software co-founder says "my 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" after the Doom maker lost 136 of its 185 staff to layoffs

"You can't rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn't be your default belief"

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What's going on with Xbox's id Software? Here's why rumors of the DOOM studio's impending demise are completely premature.

While brutal, the cuts to id Software have been aggressively exaggerated in the wider discourse. From what I've learned, I'm confident the legendary DOOM studio will endure — id Tech as well.

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How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

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John Carmack reacts to massive layoffs at id Software: 'My 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well'

"You can't rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn't be your default belief."

PC Gamer

"Probably dead forever": Team behind the incredible Doom and Wolfenstein engine reportedly reduced to 1 person following Xbox cuts

Id Software's been hit hard by layoffs

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"Great job Microsoft": Former id Software artist says the legendary dev has been "relegated to support studio size" after Xbox's strategy of "nuking a team into the dirt"

"A little over 12 years ended unceremoniously the day before the DLC launch we all crunched to get out the door"

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Xbox layoffs have likely killed another Perfect Dark reboot from the hollowed-out id Software, as well as a John Wick-style gun fu game

It's not even clear what kind of games the newly-carved up id Software can make.

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Pitches for a co-op Doom, a new Perfect Dark, and a John Wick-inspired cyberpunk game were cooking at id Software before Microsoft layoffs reportedly led to 136 job cuts

This comes a year after The Initiative was closed and its Perfect Dark game was canceled

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DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with game ideas before Xbox layoffs gutted it — a John Wick-style "Gun Fu" game and Perfect Dark were in consideration

Before this week's Xbox layoffs that gutted the studio, DOOM dev id Software was "toying around" with several experimental, non-DOOM game concepts.

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Laid-off id Software artist says Microsoft is 'nuking the team into the dirt' and is now the size of a 'support studio'

"This is what insanity and despicable corporate greed looks like," said another artist.

PC Gamer

Report: The layoffs at Xbox's DOOM studio id Software are even worse than we thought — devs at Bethesda's Austin office have been hit, too

A new report reveals that Microsoft's Xbox layoffs have hit DOOM dev id Software even harder than we first thought, with 136 workers cut from the studio.

Windows Central

Doom’s legendary developer is forced to lay off 136 staff amid Xbox ‘reset’

id Software has been ripped and torn by layoffs.

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Rather than rip and tear id Software apart, Xbox should have put the FPS pioneers on Gears of War

Xbox owns the most iconic shooter franchises in the world, which is why it needs a full-strength id Software now more than ever

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Doom: The Dark Ages DLC lands to rave Steam reviews as id Software reportedly faces losing half its staff: "It may very well be the last piece of good Doom content that we ever get"

"It's like Dark Ages and Eternal had a child," one fan says

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John Romero Speaks Out After id Software Layoffs, Urges Preservation of Gaming History

John Romero reacts to id Software layoffs, urges game preservation, and reflects on Doom's legacy amid Xbox's biggest restructuring.

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"We hope our pain was worth it": As Microsoft's Xbox layoffs axe half of id Software, one DOOM dev has a scathing message for anyone "celebrating" them

Following Microsoft's mass Xbox layoffs that have resulted in half of id Software being cut, a DOOM dev has biting words for those "celebrating" them.

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Id Software veteran of over 20 years absolutely rips and tears into Microsoft after devastating layoffs: "XBOX decided half the team was no longer needed"

"Just really sad"

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John Romero has a private collection of "critically important" id Software history "including materials and assets that, as far as I know, id itself no longer has"

Thank goodness someone does

Windows Central

How is id Software supposed to keep making DOOM after Xbox reportedly laid off half the studio?

Reported Xbox layoffs have reportedly affected around half of id Software, prompting concerns over the future of DOOM, the studio's acclaimed id Tech engine, and whether the legendary FPS developer can continue operating at the same level.

PC Gamer

John Romero commiserates with ousted id devs as around half the studio reported axed, says he hopes someone is preserving its work like he did before he left

"I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on."

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Doom developer id Software "is essentially dead," Duke Nukem 3D co-creator says after layoffs reportedly cut almost half of the studio

George Broussard says Microsoft is getting "decent PR for being 'good guys'" by not shutting studios, but that these studios face new struggles

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Doom creator John Romero praises the devs who carried on id Software's legacy as Microsoft reportedly lays off half of the studio: "The last few games showed real care, skill, and respect"

Romero's own team had funding pulled – reportedly from Microsoft – a year ago

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Bethesda boss says the company must focus on its "strongest franchises" as Xbox layoffs reportedly hit The Elder Scrolls and Fallout makers hard

id Software has reportedly been gutted, too

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Bethesda Game Studios and ZeniMax hit hard by Xbox layoffs, says union

ZeniMax Online Studios and id Software have survived the latest bloodbath at Microsoft, but it sounds like they've been cut deeply.

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