07-07-2026, 05:19 PM
Xbox Layoffs Cut id Software In Half As DOOM: The Dark Ages DLC Launches
"Xbox decided half the team was deemed useless".DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations, the first major DLC for the bombastic shooter, launches today onto Xbox Series consoles (along with PC and PS5). It should have been a day of celebration for the team at id Software, a chance to revel in reviews and give themselves a proper good pat on the back.Instead, it's reported id Software lost half of its staff as part of Xbox's 3,200 job cuts. Senior Gameplay Systems Programmer Michael Maynard posted on LinkedIn that "roughly 50% of the company was let go today".Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/07/xb...c-launches
"Xbox decided half the team was deemed useless".DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations, the first major DLC for the bombastic shooter, launches today onto Xbox Series consoles (along with PC and PS5). It should have been a day of celebration for the team at id Software, a chance to revel in reviews and give themselves a proper good pat on the back.Instead, it's reported id Software lost half of its staff as part of Xbox's 3,200 job cuts. Senior Gameplay Systems Programmer Michael Maynard posted on LinkedIn that "roughly 50% of the company was let go today".Read the full article on purexbox.com
https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/07/xb...c-launches