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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Id tech - You Need To See This

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

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'

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."

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

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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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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"Probably dead forever": Team behind the incredible Doom and Wolfenstein engine reportedly reduced to 1 person following Xbox cuts

Id Software's been hit hard by layoffs

"We hope our pain was worth it": As Microsoft's Xbox layoffs axe half of id Software, one DOOM dev has a scathing message for anyone "celebrating" them

Following Microsoft's mass Xbox layoffs that have resulted in half of id Software being cut, a DOOM dev has biting words for those "celebrating" them.

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How is id Software supposed to keep making DOOM after Xbox reportedly laid off half the studio?

Reported Xbox layoffs have reportedly affected around half of id Software, prompting concerns over the future of DOOM, the studio's acclaimed id Tech engine, and whether the legendary FPS developer can continue operating at the same level.

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Skin Deep is "an immersive sim for sickos," a Die Hard-inspired stealth game where you're not a "walking pile of guns that just shoots down everything, you are this fragile bag of meat"

Skin Deep is "an immersive sim for sickos," a Die Hard-inspired stealth game where you're not a "walking pile of guns that just shoots down everything, you are this fragile bag of meat"

Year in Review 2025 | Mashing up Far Cry 2, Mark of the Ninja, No One Lives Forever, and Die Hard

A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies

A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies

It's not just about Doom. Okay, it's mostly about Doom.

The decades-old Doom 3 engine proves perfectly suited to new indie game Skin Deep

The decades-old Doom 3 engine proves perfectly suited to new indie game Skin Deep

Dev Brendon Chung explains why old "laser-focused" tech still matters.

In 1991, after a 28-hour coding spree, the efforts of John Carmack 'Doomed' us all

In 1991, after a 28-hour coding spree, the efforts of John Carmack 'Doomed' us all

John Carmack's incredible coding feat prior to the launch of Doom is memorialized.

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