Id Software - Kotaku

Id Software Dev Says Xbox Doesn’t ‘Understand Art’ And That After Layoffs It Is ‘Impossible’ To Make Big Games Like Doom: The Dark Ages

id Software vet Chris Hays says entire departments have been 'gutted'

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 7, 2026

What comes next is hard to say due to Xbox laying off many id employees

By Zack Zwiezen Published July 24, 2026

The influential FPS critic lambasts Microsoft's treatment of id Software and the industry at large’s shortsightedness

By Zack Kotzer Published July 18, 2026

'What matters the most is that the games are good'

By Rebekah Valentine Published July 17, 2026

id Software was hit hard in the latest round of Xbox mass layoffs

By Ethan Gach Published July 17, 2026

The studio just shipped an expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages

By Ethan Gach Published July 10, 2026

Laid off developers fear the studio's id Tech engine has no future

By Ethan Gach Published July 9, 2026

The veteran dev shared his condolences a year after his own studio reportedly faced cuts from Microsoft

By Ethan Gach Published July 7, 2026

'You are not alone in that hospital room' replied series co-creator John Romero to the dying fan on Reddit

By Zack Zwiezen Published February 4, 2026

id Software is the latest Microsoft-acquired team to organize

By Ethan Gach Published December 12, 2025

Heretic + Hexen is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC and contains new content and a lot of quality-of-life updates

By Zack Zwiezen Published August 7, 2025