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Id Software Almost Revived a Classic N64 Franchise After DOOM: The Dark Ages

Id Software reportedly had a lot of very interesting ideas before suffering a brutal wave of layoffs.

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Doom developer id Software is one of the studios under Xbox that has suffered mightily from Microsoft’s “reset” layoffs, losing over half its staff and several bright ideas as a result.

id Software was thinking about making a perfect dark game

Xbox’s recent round of mass layoffs has been perhaps the company’s worst one yet. It’s forced a number of first party teams, like Double Fine and Compulsion Games, to spin off independently, and several more have either secured buyouts from other companies or, like in Arkane Lyon’s case, are actively seeking new ownership to avoid being closed down.

Doom: The Dark Ages studio id Software has managed to keep its doors open, but at the cost of losing more than half its staff, and on the day its Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations DLC went live, no less. Revelations has received critical praise, and fans have been deeply enjoying its new........

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