Id Software confirms layoffs reduced the team to its size 'when making DOOM (2016)'
Id Software thanked fans for their support, promised to look after those impacted, and stressed it would still be at QuakeCon 2026.
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QuakeCon 2026 will be a place for celebration, mourning, and outrage
With this week's reported layoffs, there's little to feel good about at QuakeCon, which is set to go down in just a few weeks.
Carmack says his 'Microsoft will be a good steward' of the id Software brand take didn't age well
Id Software co-founder John Carmack was saddened by the cuts but suspects 'id software was a marginal business from Microsoft's perspective.'
This Week in Switch 2 - PlayStation's physical media fiasco, Xbox layoffs & Nintendo's annual report
The guys are back with an extra large episode breaking down all of the latest Nintendo news, PlayStation's fumbled all digital announcement, and Microsoft's ongoing destruction of the Xbox brand.
Microsoft's dumb enough to make a new Quake game in Unreal Engine
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma could easily ruin Quake's legacy with a shift away from idTech to Unreal Engine 6.
Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations gives players even deadlier tools to work with
Hell has frozen over in the DLC for 2025's Doom: The Dark Ages.
John Carmack talks 'overly ambitious design' for Quake's 30th anniversary
In a quote response to former id colleague Sandy Petersen, Carmack discussed faults in studio organization that held the original Quake back.
Bobby Prince, composer of classic id Software and 3DRealms FPS video game music, dead at 81
Iconic video game composer Robert Caskin Prince III has died at age 81.
National Recording Registry adds 1993 Doom soundtrack album
Bobby Prince's original Doom soundtrack will now rip and tear in perpetuity in the Library of Congress.
Shack Chat: What's your favorite id Software franchise?
We're celebrating id Software's 35th anniversary by remembering our favorite id-led series.
