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id Software Leaders Discuss Studio Restructuring and Collaboration with Machine Games
id Software leaders addressed studio size changes and collaboration with Machine Games following layoffs, while discussing the Slaughter Mode update for Doom: The Dark Ages DLC.
2 outletsBusinessid Software Developer Says Microsoft's Cuts Make Making Games Like Doom 'Impossible'
A lead developer at id Software, speaking on the Well Played podcast, says the studio's staff cuts under Microsoft have gutted entire departments and left morale at an all-time low, disputing official statements that the studio is unchanged.
2 outletsBusinessid Software Developer Says Xbox Layoffs Have Cut Studio in Half, Questions Whether It Can Still Make Games Like Doom
Chris Hays, a 16-year veteran and lead services programmer at id Software, has publicly criticized Xbox following mass layoffs that hit the Doom studio, saying Microsoft doesn't understand art, games, or the business model it operates in.
3 outletsGamesQuake Gets 30th-Anniversary Update as id Software Faces Layoffs Under Xbox
MachineGames released a new Quake episode called Dawn of the Machine to mark roughly 30 years since the shooter's debut, adding levels, weapons and archival material even as id Software grapples with recent Xbox layoffs.
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