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'The industry's in a really horrible place,' Brenda Romero says: 'We were there in the '80s for the crash, and this is definitely crashier'

Romero Games managed to scrape through an ugly 2025, but its founders remain unsure about where it's all headed.

PC Gamer

Doom co-creator John Romero adores Ghost Recon and has over 3,000 hours in World of Warcraft: 'God, I lived in that game every day for five years'

The co-founder of id Software and Romero Games takes us on a tour of his games library.

PC Gamer

Legendary FPS developer John Romero says his studio 'survived the cancellation of our huge game' and its shooter project 'will be new to people the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience'

Romero said he's "never played a game like it before—other than it's a shooter."

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"A lot of companies" are interested in reviving Doom icon John Romero's new FPS that Microsoft reportedly pulled funding on: "If you move and start working with somebody else, they get $50 million for free"

Even if it doesn't work out you have "assets that you can use to make another thing"

GamesRadar

It looks like Microsoft's cuts got another one: Avalanche has stopped work on its 1970s smuggling sim Contraband to 'evaluate the project's future'

Contraband was announced in 2021 as a partnership between Avalanche Studios and Xbox.

PC Gamer

Microsoft reportedly met with Romero Games just a day before pulling funding — and said absolutely nothing about what was coming

In a report coming out of Romero Games' native Ireland, it's said Microsoft met with the studio just a day before cutting its funding without warning.

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Doom creator John Romero’s studio was closed just a day after meeting Microsoft

Another studio bites the dust as a result of Microsoft's spending cuts.

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Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was 'no mention' of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

Romero Games is pursuing alternate sources of funding, but for the time being, it sounds like the dream is dead.

PC Gamer

Romero Games' next project loses funding due to Xbox cuts — most of the studio is now laid off

Romero Games' next project is now on ice, with most of the studio being laid off after losing funding from Microsoft's cuts to Xbox.

Windows Central

"Save them Bucky": Fans hope for the best after Palworld and Pocketpair Publishing lead asks Romero Games about its defunded game – "Would love to hear more about this project if possible"

It's nothing concrete, but it's not nothing

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Romero Games has lost funding for its next, unannounced game, with one staffer claiming the 'whole studio' has been laid off due to Microsoft cuts

Romero Games has announced that funding for its next game has been pulled, as multiple staffers claim the entire studio has been affected by Microsoft's mass layoffs.

TechRadar

Romero Games' new shooter loses funding, the studio may be closing, and it looks like Microsoft is to blame

Funding for Romero Games' new game, "along with several other unannounced projects at other studios," was cut off without warning yesterday.

PC Gamer

The games industry is so broken even FPS legend John Romero and his studio are struggling with funding, and now-former staff say it's Microsoft's fault: "Our whole studio is being let go because of the layoffs"

John Romero announced a new FPS game back in 2022, and said the devs were teaming up with "a major publisher"

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After 4 years of silence, one of the most disappointing games of 2020 gets a surprise expansion

Empire of Sin: Hunt for Aurora introduces a new boss, guns, missions, and more.

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Even John Romero is worried about Joy-Con drift on Nintendo Switch 2, so here's hoping those "not Hall effect sticks" hold up better than the originals

Please don't rip and tear, analog stick sensors

GamesRadar

The Switch 2 is here – here's what 28 game developers want from Nintendo's new console, from a "much better" eShop to less painful ports

John Romero, Sam Barlow, Bennett Foddy, David Szymanski, and many more devs weigh in

PC Gamer

Sigil 2, original Doom's brand new sixth episode, is the most visceral, adrenaline-inducing and brutal PC gaming experience I've had in 2023

Rip and tear, until it is done

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Doom co-creator John Romero is working on an all-new FPS

The project will involve a 'major publisher' with an original IP.

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