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id Software was reportedly toying with a bunch of ideas for future game projects when Microsoft laid off more than half of the studio.<\/p>\n

According to a new report from GamesBeat<\/a>, 92 of 185 full-time employees were laid off from id Software. This has put a number of projects in question. The report notes that the studio was working on a bunch of projects, and sources aren’t sure how they can move forward on them with such a small team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not convinced there is a viable way forward,\u201d said one laid-off worker when speaking with GamesBeat. \u201cIt feels like a bunch of knee-jerk responses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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id Software just finished its work on the new Doom: The Dark Ages DLC, known as Revelations,<\/a> and was looking at what its next full-scale project would be. One was a co-op\/multiplayer Doom game that would’ve brought back weaponry from previous Doom games. Another was a new Perfect Dark game, since the property became available last year in the wake of Xbox’s shutdown of developer The Initiative and cancellation of its Perfect Dark reboot<\/a>. <\/p>\n

There were also concepts for a new game codenamed Fury. id Software apparently saw this as a way to stretch its legs beyond Doom, and envisioned it as a John Wick-inspired, noir sci-fi game with “Chicago and Louisiana gangsters.” Like John Wick, it would’ve combined martial arts with gunplay. The hope was to make it for Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox.<\/p>\n

One other project that was being kicked around was a Westworld-inspired survival game, but not much else is known about it. It’s unclear if any of these projects will move forward, or if id Software will just become a support studio, assisting on games like The Elder Scrolls 6, Wolfenstein 3, Marvel’s Blade, or other projects within Xbox.<\/p>\n

Last year, a similar situation happened to Turn 10 Studios, the team behind the Forza Motorsport franchise. The team was gutted as part of mass layoffs<\/a> and there are now questions over whether or not the Motorsport series will continue, or if it will be completely replaced by the more successful Forza Horizon games.<\/p>\n

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Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN’s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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