Xbox layoffs reportedly gut Id Software’s coding team and cut 60-70 developers from Obsidian
Xbox-led layoffs are significantly reducing staff at Id Software and Obsidian Entertainment, according to industry reports.
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The brief
Recent reports indicate that Xbox is implementing widespread layoffs affecting multiple studios under its ownership. The staff reductions include a significant portion of the coding team at Id Software and between 60 and 70 developers at Obsidian Entertainment. Coverage from IGN suggests the cuts at Obsidian may impact approximately one-quarter of the studio's total workforce.
GamesRadar+, IGN, and Video Games Chronicle emphasize the scale of these departures. The reporting highlights the specific reduction of technical staff at Id Software alongside the downsizing at Obsidian. Future developments remain subject to official confirmation from Microsoft regarding the total impact of these workforce reductions.
Current coverage does not yet specify the full extent of the layoffs across other subsidiaries. Whether these adjustments to staffing levels reflect a broader shift in development operations remains to be seen.
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Quick answers
Which studios are affected by the layoffs?
Reports indicate that Id Software and Obsidian Entertainment are experiencing staff reductions.
How many employees are leaving Obsidian?
Reports state that 60-70 developers are being cut, with some coverage estimating this represents a quarter of the studio's staff.
What is the status of Id Software's coding team?
Coverage states that the coding team at Id Software has been gutted by the layoffs.
Coverage (11)
- Doom Developer Id Software Is Reportedly Losing Half Its Staff Engadget · 47d ago
- Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs Ars Technica · 47d ago
- Former Obsidian Dev Labels Layoffs ‘Microsoft Sacrificial Rituals’ Insider Gaming · 48d ago
- Xbox Layoffs Decimate Id Software and Obsidian TechPowerUp · 48d ago
- Obsidian Hit Hard By Xbox Layoffs, With 25% Of Devs Cut From Studio Yahoo Finance · 48d ago
- Fallout: New Vegas and Avowed dev hit hard in bloodiest week in Xbox history Polygon.com · 48d ago
- The Outer Worlds 2, Avowed Studio Hit by Layoffs, Affecting 25 Percent of Employees GamingBolt · 48d ago
- Report: Multiple Xbox game studio heads negotiating with Xbox to avoid closure GameDev.net · 48d ago
- Obsidian was also hit by "the Microsoft sacrificial rituals," says laid-off RPG veteran who previously worked on Dragon Age and Mass Effect GamesRadar+ · 48d ago
- Obsidian Reportedly Set to Lose a Quarter of Its Staff Amid Xbox Layoffs IGN · 48d ago
- Xbox layoffs reportedly gut Id Software’s coding team and cut 60-70 developers from Obsidian Video Games Chronicle · 48d ago
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