The creator of DOOM also suffers from Xbox reduction: his new game would be canceled, and all its employees would be dismissed

Leaflets for the latest dismissals and cuts of Microsoft do not stop; especially for its influence on XboxField to the abolition of names, such as Ideal dark And Everwild The closure of the initiative and reduction of personnel in several dependent companies or related to Microsoft Gaming was added. And in the midst of all this drama it was known that The next game by John Romero, Creator RockHe ended funding And that all his employees would be firedField

Through the statement who shared in X (Twitter), Romero Games reported that Publisher His new video game canceled funding for this. The situation, which, in the visible, also affects “several other projects that are not declared in other studies.”

While John Romero does not appoint Microsoft or Xbox in his statement, Time The announcement does not seem to be arbitrary. In fact, a former study employee called Christoph Redl shared a message and indicated that his work was over from the abbreviations introduced by Redmond. “Unfortunately, from the recent Xbox dismissals, I lost my post in Romero’s games,” the aforementioned said.

But the story does not end there. As reported Magnetic And VGCSeveral former Romero Games Extrabadaadores games published on LinkedIn The whole team was dismissed for Xbox abbreviationsThe field has conversations that more than a dozen people publicly stated that he was left without work.

Thus, everything indicates this Xbox Game Studios Publishing This will be responsible for the publication of the new game of John and the brands of Romero. Not many details were known about the project. It was still discovered that this would be the first shooting, and that it would be created using Unreal Engine 5. The initiative was launched in the middle of -2022.

Xbox fortels leave new fp John Romero without funding

The announcement of the Romero Games on the cancellation of financing his new FPS – and the obvious dismissal of all his employees – did not go unnoticed. Especially because the Creator company Rock He said that he completed all the goals provided for PublisherThe field “This is not a reflection of the work and performance of our team or the quality of the project itself. We have fulfilled all the targets provided, each time;

Through his personal profile in X (Twitter), John Romero also shared his concern for the situation. “These people are the best people with whom I worked, and I am sorry to say that our game and our study were also injured,” he published.

From the company based on Ireland, they commented that they plan to analyze the steps that need to be followed. They also called on fans and other members of the video game industry to offer opportunities. The comments of other research or representatives were multiplied by both the publication of Romero’s games and in the personal profile of John Romero.

In addition to closing the initiative and canceling Ideal dark And EverwildMicrosoft dismissals reach other Xbox areas. As reported, Zenimax Online Studios He transferred the cancellation of MMORPG and the dismissal of employees. Employees also hit King (Candy Crush), Verkhne 10 studios (Forza Motorsport), Blizzard (WARCRAFT RUMBLE), Vorone software And Service games (Call of Duty)