Former id Software producer says the team faced the 'worst crunch' in the series' history on Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations: 'There were days where I didn't see my son'
Former id Software producer Andrew Willis revealed that the team experienced severe crunch conditions while developing Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations, describing it as the worst in the series' history. This intense period of overwork, which included days of 12-17 hour shifts, occurred shortly before many developers on the expansion team were laid off by Xbox. The article also touches on the game's sales performance relative to Doom Eternal and the studio's overall health post-layoffs.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Topic: Crunch
- Game: DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Topic: First-Person Shooter
- Game: DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Revelations
- Topic: Layoffs
- Person: Andrew Willis
- Company: Xbox
- Game: Doom Eternal
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