Following Microsoft's mass layoffs that hit Doom developer id Software this week, a new report claims the studio had been weighing up several ideas for their next project before the cuts landed. According to Gamesbeat, the pitches under consideration included a new entry in the Perfect Dark series and an original "gun fu" game inspired by John Wick, underscoring the uncertainty now hanging over the studio's future direction.

The report states that id lost 136 workers in the cuts, with the pitches circulating as the team wrapped up Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC, which released on 7th July. Proposals reportedly included a Perfect Dark game (with concept art said to be in progress), a John Wick-style title codenamed Fury from Dark Ages director Hugo Martin, a wild west robot survival game called Ironwood, and various multiplayer, co-op and DLC options for Doom. Gamesbeat notes it is unclear whether enough staff remain to make any of these, with one laid-off worker saying they were "not convinced there is a viable way forward"; separately, Bloomberg reported the cuts were not a death knell for the Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein series.