id Software might cease to exist soon, at least in the form that people have known them. The fact that Microsoft has decided to do such a thing in the first place is wild, and it highlights how out of touch executives are with the industry and the way that it works. Most of the people that have been kicked out of id Software were programmers, animators, and even sound designers, which means that the game, or DOOM in general is doomed to die. I didn’t think DOOM would end but this is it, Microsoft managed to extinguish it at last.
id Software is dead
While it still remains as an studio, the fact that important heads aren’t there anymore means that the company is as good as dead. I don’t think a new game will come out and if it does it will be a disaster, not to mention that if any expansion comes out for DOOM The Dark Ages, then it will also be less than dog water. What matters the most is keeping a consistent team that makes good things, The Dark Ages happened to be a very good entry filled with destruction and gore like the usual DOOM game.
It makes no sense to cut down one of the best teams in the history of gaming according to many, the inventors of an amazing engine that powered the future of gaming and still runs even more amazing that most engines nowadays. It will be an insult of DOOM ever becomes an Unreal engine game, but this is a very probably future that will happen to many of the IPs that still remain with Microslop. Only time will tell if more layoffs will happen, but considering that Xbox is in free fall, it would be crazy to see it live more after what it did to id Software.
