Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut
Xbox is implementing significant layoffs, impacting id Software heavily just as its new DLC for Doom: The Dark Ages is set to launch. Reports suggest around half of id Software's staff, potentially including most coders, may have been cut. This follows broader workforce reductions across ZeniMax studios and other Xbox-owned entities, raising concerns about the future of the id Tech engine and the studio's development capabilities.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Game: DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Person: Colin Geller
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Company: Bethesda
- Company: ZeniMax
- Company: Undead Labs
- Company: Xbox
- Game: Quake
- Person: John Linneman
- Topic: Game Development
- Person: Scott Miller
- Topic: Game Engines
- Game: The Elder Scrolls Online
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