id Software
The id Software Paradox: Record Success, Massive Layoffs, and Doom’s Uncertain Future
The Numbers That Tell the Real Story The official Texas WARN notice confirms that 136 of approximately 185 id Software employees were laid off in July 2026. That is 73.5 percent of the workforce -...
Doom Director Hugo Martin Defends id Software After Layoffs: “What Matters Most Is That the Games Are Good”
As part of Microsoft’s sweeping 3,200-job cuts, id Software lost 136 people, more than half its workforce, the day before launching a new Doom: The Dark Ages expansion. Laid-off employees gathered...
id Software Insists It Still Has “The Crew We Need” After Losing Half Its Staff - Is That Enough?
For a studio that practically invented the first-person shooter, id Software has never been one to dodge a fight. But when the legendary developer posted a public statement on July 10, 2025, it...
John Carmack on id Software Layoffs: 'My Microsoft Statement Isn't Aging Well' - A Founder's Disillusionment
When id Software co-founder John Carmack told Doom and Quake fans to "breathe easy" about Microsoft's acquisition of ZeniMax in 2021, he genuinely believed the company would be a "good steward" of...
id Software Loses Half Its Staff, Including idTech Engineers, as Xbox’s ‘Big Reset’ Cleaves the Doom Studio
The same day id Software shipped Doom: The Dark Ages, Revelations DLC, roughly half the studio was laid off, including most of its coders and the legendary idTech engine team. The grim timing...
Bobby Prince, Legendary Doom Composer, Dies at 81 - Just Weeks After Historic Library of Congress Honor
Doom composer Bobby Prince has died at 81, just weeks after a Library of Congress honor. Here's what his music meant to games.
A Final Crusade: How a Terminally Ill Doom Fan's Last Wish Became a Gaming Community Moment
In a hospice room in Toronto, a final battle is being waged not against a terminal prognosis, but against the demonic legions of Hell itself. A terminally ill man, known online as Wanderingreader123,...