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id Software May Have Lost 73.5% of Its Staff after Xbox Cuts, Crippling the DOOM Studio’s Future

A heavily armored character stands atop a pile of demons in a fiery landscape, with castles and flying dragons in the background, featuring the title 'DOOM: THE DARK AGES' in the foreground. The last game from id Software.

We previously reported that DOOM developer id Software was significantly affected by the mass Xbox layoffs, though the extent of it was unclear. Some people said the studio might be halved, but it looks like the situation might be even worse. The website Game Developer managed to obtain a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed in Texas, which reports that ZeniMax Media has laid off 158 employees in the state. 22 of them are from Bethesda Game Studios Austin, which works on Fallout 76, and the remaining 136 were cut from id Software, with 96 working at the studio’s headquarters […]

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