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The id software layoffs tag covers reporting on Microsoft’s Xbox restructuring and its impact on id Software, the studio behind the DOOM franchise. Current coverage focuses on reports that roughly half of id’s staff were affected as Microsoft planned about 3,200 gaming job cuts over the fiscal year. It also examines the timing of the layoffs alongside the launch of the DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC, which prompted a widely discussed comment from an id developer. This archive follows the connection between Xbox’s broader workforce reductions, id Software’s development teams, and the difficult contrast between a major game release and staff reductions at the studio.
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    Xbox Layoffs Hit id Software as DOOM Revelations Launches—“We Hope Our Pain Was Worth It”

    Microsoft’s latest Xbox restructuring, announced July 6, 2026, will cut roughly 3,200 gaming jobs over the fiscal year, with Windows Central and Game Informer reporting that id Software, the DOOM studio behind DOOM: The Dark Ages, lost about half its staff. The timing could hardly be more...
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