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[Mr Moose]

I thought it was only 100. Where the other 36 come from?

The document, sent to Game Developer upon request by the Texas Workforce Commission, states that 96 of those redundancies are being made at the office of id Software in Richardson, Texas. 40 remote workers reporting into that location have also been let go—indicating 136 roles have been eliminated in total.

Update: 136 workers have been laid off at id Software

The news comes with Xbox preparing to 'reset' its video game division by eliminating 3,200 roles.

www.gamedeveloper.com

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Tips on how to be a successful console manufacturer:
1.) Buy a studio
2.) Close the studio
3.) Raise prices

 

[clarky]

Tips on how to be a successful console manufacturer:
1.) Buy a studio
2.) Close the studio
3.) Raise prices

Successful is a stretch at this point.

 

[Arsic]

Yeah i really don't give a shit about all the has been studios xbox bought then underperformed but this one smarts a bit to say the least.

This is the only news as of late I'm pissed by.

One bad game, and not even BAD, but so/so compared to two prior works, and then everyone just plays it on gamepass, so you shut the studio down?

The legacy of id surpasses their diarrhea ass fable and fuck boy 343 halos.

Doom and Quake are far from being unsalvageable. These boys can cook…

 

[DarkLordOtaku]

Successful is a stretch at this point.

Isn't the goal to speedrun exiting the hardware market?

 

[Viruz]

With cuts this deep how do they even decide who to keep rather than just shutting the studio down? Is this just a PR thing to avoid the headline that the closed them?

"Gaming the numbers" is the name of the game xbox is playing.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

If I ran a business and made this move, it'd be because I'm keeping a skeleton crew on board to help transition IP development to other studios. Enough people to hand over the goods to the next party and cease all internal development on whatever they were working on.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I think the laid off staff should see if emptyvessel the indie dev team that is making Defect will take them in otherwise go indie themselves and really make the kind of games they want to make.

 

[Stuart360]

How do we know a lot of these weren't staff hired to be there while The Dark Ages, and its expansion (which literally just released) were developed. I mean that happens with a lot of studios.

 

[demigod]

Can't wait for the usual xfans coming in here saying this is "good news".

 

[Wildebeest]

I think the laid off staff should see if emptyvessel the indie dev team that is making Defect will take them in otherwise go indie themselves and really make the kind of games they want to make.

They go to valve and help make HL3 as big a success as doom dark ages.

 

[baphomet]

They killed their own console, and now they're gonna kill being a publisher.

Fucking brilliant minds over there

 

[violence]

Asha hasn`t got the slightest clue what she`s doing. She`s literally just halving excel balance sheets.....
Just for that I´ll never buy anything with an Xbox logo on it ever again...well, not that I would have anyways, but now I´ll not do it with more conviction.

It's going to be hard to look at it the same way again.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Really sad news. ID Software has been with us since basically day 1. Legendary studio. Microsoft should've spun them off with their IPs but I guess ID tech and their IPs are too valuable for that.

 

[ripjoel]

this must be a revege for id developing/using vulkan

 

[simpatico]

"Gaming the numbers" is the name of the game xbox is playing.

They left iD in a state where they quite literally cannot make a game whatsoever. The only option for them is sending concept art to a foreign slop farm.

 

[Insane Metal]

Damn man. This fucking sucks. All of these layoffs suck.

 

[SpokkX]

Xbox fanboys always whine and compain how "everyone else" hates Xbox

They are not hated enough I say. Xbox should be shut down and MS should leave gaming

 

[Mengy]

This news literally pisses me off.

 

[Elios83]

They definitely don't have the manpower to develop new games with just 49 people left...
So this is effectively a closure that they are hiding by leaving a few people there that will likely do some support work.
Pretty sad that such iconic developer would end in this way, yes at this point they were a Doom factory and their last game underperformed, part of the studio's soul was also lost when Carmack left but they deserved better.

 

[balls of snow]

The next doom and wolfenstein will be on unreal engine.
Do you rike it?

 

[Space Runaway]

Seeing id Software go out like this is just awful.

 

[recursive]

Looking like Microsoft gobbled up the industry just so they could kill it. Fucking weirdos.

 

[amigastar]

Seeing id Software go out like this is just awful.

Yeah, it is so painful especially because Revelations seems to be even better than the base game.

 

[ResilientBanana]

This one got me, big gaming is a cancer that needs to be cured. Sony and Microsoft have ruined my favorite hobby that I've held so fondly since I was 5. Seeing id Software die this slow death is awful. Seeing my favorite games get treated so poorly is equally bad. Fuck this.
Every 3rd party should boycott Xbox for buying up so many studios and closing them and fuck them out of their 30%.

 

[Bojji]

Tragic news...

People were making memes about MS destroying studios when they were buying rare more than 2 decades ago. Nothing changes in this corporation.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Now you know why the "careers" tab was nuked.

People were coping badly not so long ago.

This is a studio shutdown in disguise.

 

[rapid32.5]

Ms Doomed themselves.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

Yeah, they're done. Imagine having "we gutted the studio behind Doom" be part of your legacy.

But on the positive side M$ gets to keep the IPs and are free to skullfuck their corpses to their heart's content.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

 

[Sgt.Asher]

I can only hope those laid off can band together and make another Engine studio.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

What if the next Doom game is made by Halo Studios

 

[MaestroMike]

Time to march to Microsoft HQ to confront these scumbag execs and Asha they're going to tell us exactly what the fukk they're thinking gutting ID they're not hiding behind a fukking computer and tweeting on their phone for this one Fukk that

 

[Hari Seldon]

Fuck Xbox. Fuck Microslop. Fuck their only fans CEO. I'd rather never game again then buy into their fucking trash.

 

[Hari Seldon]

The next doom and wolfenstein will be on unreal engine.
Do you rike it?

Who gives a shit I'm not going to play that crap or even acknowledge that it exists.

 

[reinking]

I thought it was only 100. Where the other 36 come from?

40 remote workers reporting into that location have also been let go

It looks like they found them hiding at home.

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

Xbox is a disgrace. It makes total sense to say that there are too many levels of management and then lay off the people actually making good games.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

Sheesh, so it went from being first reported as a 50% reduction of ID to more like a 75% reduction…

 

[laynelane]

Yeah, they're really going scorched earth. It's sad to see.

 

[clarky]

How do we know a lot of these weren't staff hired to be there while The Dark Ages, and its expansion (which literally just released) were developed. I mean that happens with a lot of studios.

There's 50 people left. People who have been there years have been let go.

 

[bitbydeath]

What if the next Doom game is made by Halo Studios

 

[clarky]

What if the next Doom game is made by Halo Studios

What if the next Halo game is made by Halo studios?

 

[SportsFan581]

The performance scaling on id Tech was top tier, sad to see that potentially lost. We need more ID-Techs and RE-Engines and less of the Jack-of-all-trades types.

 

[Dice]

Yeah i really don't give a shit about all the has been studios xbox bought then underperformed but this one smarts a bit to say the least.

Here is what it is for me:

1) Capcom
2) Nintendo
3) id Software
4) Sega
5) SquareEnix

They blew up one of the 5 holy temples of gaming. The most important Western dev of all time. We don't negotiate with terrorists.

 

[Represent.]

FYI. Myemoji reaction on the OP means this industry is burning in hell

 

[JayK47]

What can a team that size even do? Make an amazing unexpected RPG or something?

With so many people let go, why would you even want to continue to work there anymore?

 

[Pelao]

After Doom: The Dark Ages... Yeah, I get it.

 

[omegasc]

And we thought Sony was the dumbest for shutting down Bluepoint. I guess they're competing over the title.

 

[bitbydeath]

What can a team that size even do? Make an amazing unexpected RPG or something?

With so many people let go, why would you even want to continue to work there anymore?

Coming up.

 

[Varteras]

What if the next Halo game is made by Halo studios?

Now you're just talking crazy.