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SHOCKING: Id software - What They Never Told You

Halo: Campaign Evolved is the star of Xbox Game Pass' 2nd July wave of new games, alongside an original RPG by Game Freak and a classic id Software FPS

Microsoft has unveiled the second line-up of games coming and leaving Xbox Game Pass in July 2026. The most notable new additions include Halo: Campaign Evolved, Beast of Reincarnation, and Heretic + Hexen.

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Does anyone know how to drive this thing?

It's increasingly looking like nobody remembers how videogames work—or cares to.

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Doom director Hugo Martin says id Software is fine, and anyway, 'what matters the most is that the games are good'

I'm not so sure about that one, man.

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Doom: The Dark Ages lead says claims that id Software has been "gutted" by layoffs are "not true," and its engine team is "very much alive and well"

"What matters the most is that the games are good," says Hugo Martin

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"There have been reports that we've been nerfed into the ground and gutted, and we are not": id Software proclaims it's alive and well, making more DOOM games

id Software recently discussed the future of the company following Microsoft's mass wave of layoffs during a DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelation livestream, and it reassured fans it's not going anywhere anytime soon.

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Report paints a picture of brutal cord-cutting inside Xbox layoffs: 'Many of us did not know what was happening for weeks'

"It was left to all of us to speculate and spiral and worry."

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Report contradicts Microsoft's statements that id Software hasn't been shoved onto Unreal from id Tech: 'It's most likely going to end up in the trash can'

"Success is detached from your ability to keep a job."

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The Washington Post selects Doom as one of the 25 'most influential works of American culture'

id Software's seminal 1993 shooter takes its place alongside The Federalist Papers, Moby Dick, Robert Johnson's deal with the devil, and Lemonade.

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Laid-off id Software devs "cannot imagine a path forward where they make another game in id Tech," despite the Doom studio's claims

"They've just gotten rid of all the people who could ever fix, maintain, or change [id Tech]"

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"You'll never get another World of Warcraft or Morrowind in the current climate," id Software producer says as constant layoffs batter the industry

"The people who manage it today have no idea how it actually works"

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"There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"

Xbox layoffs hit id Software one day before releasing the acclaimed Dark Ages DLC

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Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations review

Fixes all my issues with The Dark Ages and injects plenty of Eternal's movement for the best demon-slaying action yet.

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id Software producer says 'you'll never get another WoW or Morrowind in the current climate' in the wake of Xbox layoffs

"These large publishers and monopolies have proven themselves terrible stewards."

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After "incomprehensible" Xbox layoffs, id Software producer says worker-owned studios are "the only path forward"

Microsoft is planning 3,200 layoffs total

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DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations Review round-up — This DLC recaptures the speed and challenge of DOOM: Eternal, making the game more awesome than ever

id Software recently released DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations, a DLC expansion to DOOM: The Dark Ages that's being highly praised by critics and fans for its new campaign and improved combat that brings back the faster-paced gameplay of previous DOOM games like DOOM: Eternal.

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Elder Scrolls Online studio echoes id Software, claims to now be the same size it was 10 years ago following Xbox layoffs

As far as silver linings go, this one feels stepped-on.

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John Carmack responds to Microsoft laying off id Software staff, and his comments hit hard for fans who watched him help build DOOM from the ground up

In the wake of id Software's layoffs by Microsoft as part of its restructuring of Xbox's game studios, one of the studio's founders, John Carmack, took to social media to share his thoughts on the situation.

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"We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs, assures fans "we're going to keep building the great games and tech"

Xbox's DOOM studio id Software has officially responded to cuts at the developer, promising players that it will go on and continue working on new games.

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id Software provides proof of life, says it 'still has the crew we need to build the games and tech we're known for' after massive layoffs

"The team today is about the same size we were when making DOOM (2016)."

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"Our next steps are to mobilize": Bethesda union members are protesting Xbox's layoffs with a 'Save Our Devs' march next week after 440 ZeniMax cuts

Union workers at Bethesda are marching against Xbox layoffs at ZeniMax studios next week during a protest that will be held across four cities.

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Summary: what's happening at Xbox?

Everything we know about the "Xbox Reset," from Compulsion and Double Fine going independent to Bethesda layoffs and what it means for future Xbox games

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Xbox confirms there isn't just "1 person left in Texas" working on id Software's engine following mass layoffs, but "dozens" across "multiple locations"

A former dev claims the VFX team is down to one artist, however

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id Software co-founder says "my 'Microsoft will probably be a good steward of the brand' statement isn't aging well" after the Doom maker lost 136 of its 185 staff to layoffs

"You can't rule out the possibility that executives are idiots, but that shouldn't be your default belief"

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What's going on with Xbox's id Software? Here's why rumors of the DOOM studio's impending demise are completely premature.

While brutal, the cuts to id Software have been aggressively exaggerated in the wider discourse. From what I've learned, I'm confident the legendary DOOM studio will endure — id Tech as well.

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How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

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