Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut

Eurogamer — Jul 07, 10:26 AM

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https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-2026-double-fine-compulsion-ninja-theory">Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like https://www.eurogamer.net/double-fine-compulsion-games-statement-xbox-restructuring">Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future.

Moreover, ZeniMax's entire division - which includes all of Bethesda's big studios - https://www.eurogamer.net/zenimax-bethesda-new-plans-include-more-fallout-elder-scrolls-quake">is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are being shut down for now.

Now, we're hearing id Software has been hit particularly hard just as https://www.eurogamer.net/doom-the-dark-ages-revelations-dlc-announcement">Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations prepares to launch later today.