id Software lays off half its staff on eve of Doom expansion launch, raising questions about studio's future
id Software, the legendary studio behind Doom, laid off roughly half its staff the day before the launch of Doom: The Dark Ages expansion Revelations. Developers who spent months crunching on the project were blindsided by the cuts, which have left remaining employees fearing for the studio's future and the fate of its proprietary id Tech engine. The layoffs come despite id Software having been relatively spared in Xbox's previous mass layoffs, raising confusion about Microsoft's plans for the studio.
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I don't see how they make a game with that team
The scale of the cuts was devastating and has left many worried about how id Software can continue
Laid off developers fear the studio's id Tech engine has no future
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