Civvie 11 Blasts Xbox Layoffs Over Doom Revival
TL;DR
YouTuber Civvie 11, a key voice in the boomer-shooter revival, condemns Xbox's mass layoffs—especially at id Software—arguing that Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal revived the franchise and that management's actions threaten the studio's creativity and the genre's momentum.
- Civvie Says Shooter Revival Made Possible By Staff Xbox Laid Off Kotaku
- Doom Director Addresses The State Of id After Xbox Bloodbath Kotaku
- id Software Creative Director Says Reports of the Studio's Demise Are Untrue IGN
- id Software reassures fans "We're not gutted and nerfed" by Microsoft's layoffs Windows Central
- "There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of... Yahoo Finance
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