{"id":681036,"date":"2026-07-08T20:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T20:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T20:40:17","slug":"136-jobs-lost-at-legendary-dev-id-software-after-xbox-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/681036\/","title":{"rendered":"136 Jobs Lost at Legendary Dev id Software After Xbox Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Legendary<\/a> Image: Push Square<\/p>\n

Update [Wed 8th Jul 2026, 5:15pm]: According to reports<\/a> from the Texas Workplace Commission, Xbox subsidiary Zenimax (better known as Bethesda) laid off 158 people in the US state this week.<\/p>\n

Of those terminations, 96 worked on-site at id Software\u2019s office in Richmond; a further 40 worked for the dev remotely. That means 136 staff were let go from the DOOM<\/a> maker.<\/p>\n

The remaining 22 layoffs were attributed to Bethesda Game Studios\u2019 office in Austin.<\/p>\n

Original Story: While it was good to see studios find new owners or retain their independence<\/a> as part of this week\u2019s Xbox layoffs, it\u2019s important to remember 1,600 jobs were lost yesterday<\/a> \u2013 with a further 1,600 to come over the next year.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s approximately 20% of Microsoft\u2019s gaming division, and it\u2019s inevitably going to hit some studios hard. We\u2019ve already reported on Obsidian losing around 25% of its workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another dev allegedly stripped to the bone is id Software, which according to 3D Realms founder Scott Miller<\/a> has lost \u201cmost, if not all\u201d of its coders.<\/p>\n

Ex-Bethesda Game Studios lead Jeff Gardiner claims the DOOM maker has lost around 95 developers<\/a>, although that number hasn\u2019t been confirmed by the studio itself. If true, that\u2019s approximately 50% of the team.<\/p>\n

This post was about the insider news I got this morning that a majority of Id’s studio is being laid off, including most (if not all) coders. https:\/\/t.co\/OcPrLgvYBG<\/a>\u2014 Scott Miller – Apogee\/3D Realms Founder \u2622\ufe0f (@ScottApogee) July 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Ironically, this is supposed to be a celebratory week for id Software, as it releases DOOM: The Dark Ages\u2019 first major expansion, Revelations<\/a>. You can read more about that through here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll obviously still deploy, but exactly what the future holds for the studio is unclear. Various reports and rumours suggest its proprietary id Tech engine has been killed as part of the cuts.<\/p>\n

Bethesda, meanwhile, has said it plans to rally around its biggest franchises<\/a> moving forwards: Fallout<\/a>, The Elder Scrolls<\/a>, Wolfenstein<\/a>, DOOM, and Quake.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear who\u2019s going to be left to work on those latter two franchises, though.<\/p>\n

[source x.com<\/a>, via x.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Push Square Update [Wed 8th Jul 2026, 5:15pm]: According to reports from the Texas Workplace Commission, Xbox…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[206,84,59,223348,555,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-681036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bethesda","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-id-software","tag-industry","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}