"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"
Former id Software artist Derek Best stated that Microsoft's recent layoffs have reduced the iconic FPS developer to a support studio size. Best, who was among the 136 employees laid off, criticized Microsoft's strategy, noting the significant loss of institutional knowledge and the impact on the id Tech engine team. The layoffs have raised concerns about the future of id Software's core franchises like Doom and Quake.
- Entities
- Company: Xbox Game Studios
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: DOOM
- Person: Derek Best
- Game: Fallout 5
- Topic: Layoffs
- Game: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Game: Quake
- Game: Avowed
- Game: Wolfenstein
- Game: Fallout
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: The Elder Scrolls 6
- Topic: Game Engines
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