id Software Responds to Layoffs
id Software, developer of Doom, responds to Xbox layoffs, stating it still has the crew needed to build games and tech despite being impacted
Key points
- id Software was hit by Microsoft's Xbox layoffs, with roughly half of its staff losing their jobs, including 96 workers in Richardson, Texas, and 40 remote roles
- The studio now has a team size similar to when it made Doom (2016), with around 125 employees
- id Software issued a statement saying it will continue to make games and develop tech, despite the layoffs
- The layoffs are part of Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's 'reset' of Microsoft's gaming business, with 1,600 staff losing their jobs on Monday and another 1,600 to be let go during the current financial year
- The studio's future is uncertain, with some expressing concern that it may be relegated to support studio status
- id Software's latest game, Doom: The Dark Ages, was well-received and had the 'biggest launch' in the company's history
id Software, the developer behind Doom and Quake, has responded to reports of layoffs at Xbox. The studio was impacted by Microsoft's brutal cuts, but it says it still has the crew needed to build games and tech. id Software's statement comes after reports that the studio had been slashed in half, with 'most (if not all) coders' cut. The studio has a long history, dating back to the early 1990s, and has been known for its work on AAA blockbusters. However, its future is now uncertain, with some expressing concern that it may be relegated to support studio status. id Software's latest game, Doom: The Dark Ages, was well-received and had the 'biggest launch' in the company's history. The game's new expansion, Revelations, is also out now, and is a 'quite good evolution of the base game's ideas'.
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