Id Software confirms new game in development after Xbox layoffs

Id Software has confirmed it is working on a new game, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on social media as part of Xbox's 25th anniversary celebration.

Confirmation of the new game

Sharma wrote on X: "Few studios have shaped the first-person shooter genre as much as id Software. Slaughter Mode comes to DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations on November 16, and the team is already working on its next game."

Id Software replied with its own statement: "We're incredibly excited about our next project, a new game from our teams in Texas and Frankfurt, with game direction once again by Hugo Martin. It'll be some time before we're ready to share more but we can't wait for you to see what we're working on."

Layoffs and studio status

The confirmation follows layoffs at Xbox earlier this year. Source 1 reports that 136 workers lost their jobs in total and that it was claimed id Software had been "relegated to support studio size." Source 6 states that id Software lost a significant portion of its team in the Xbox layoffs this summer and that following the layoffs, the studio said its team had been reduced to roughly the same size as when it made 2016's Doom.

Source 2 reports that studio co-director Marty Stratton said in October that "there was a very deliberate effort [during the layoffs] to make sure that we were incredibly viable coming out of that across everything we do." Stratton also said id is now "working more closely with MachineGames than ever."

About the project

Details about the game remain unknown. Id Software said it will be some time before more is shared. Hugo Martin has been with id Software since 2013 and was the creative director for Doom (2016) and Doom: Eternal, and the game director for Doom: The Dark Ages.

Slaughter Mode, a horde mode featuring "escalating rounds of random encounters, bosses and arenas," is set to go live on November 16 for Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations.

Why it matters

The announcement addresses concerns about id Software's future after the layoffs. The studio said the new game is in early development, with no timeline for a reveal.

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Sources

• videogameschronicle.com: Id Software confirms it’s working on a new game after layoffs | VGC
• pcgamer.com: Doom studio id Software confirms it's working on a new game | PC Gamer
• insider-gaming.com: Id Software confirms next game is in development - Insider Gaming
• opencritic.com: Xbox CEO Officially Confirms Doom Developer is Working on a New Game - OpenCritic
• ign.com: Doom Developer id Software Confirms Work on New Game, Will Be Directed by Hugo Martin
• shacknews.com: id Software is ‘already working on its next game,’ says Asha Sharma | Shacknews

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