# Doom’s John Romero confirms his new FPS is saved after Xbox abandoned it

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/dooms-john-romero-confirms-his-new-fps-is-saved-after-xbox-abandoned-it/
- Published: 2026-10-30T17:42:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:52:58+00:00
- Original publisher: GamesRadar+
- Original article: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/dooms-john-romero-confirms-his-new-fps-is-saved-after-xbox-abandoned-it-new-publisher-deal-helps-studio-re-hire-10-laid-off-staff/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Music

## Key points

- Romero Games has secured a new publisher for its FPS.
- The project is being redesigned for a smaller team.
- Ten former staff members have returned.

## Summary

John Romero says Romero Games has found a new publisher for its first-person shooter after Xbox abandoned the project and the studio faced major redundancies. The game is being redesigned for a much smaller team, allowing development to continue while preserving some of the original work.

The studio’s staff fell from 110 people to five, before 10 former team members, including leads from different sub-teams, returned. Romero says the original game was too large to complete with the reduced team, so the new version will be a different, smaller project that reuses existing art, weapons and other work. He has not named the publisher, which he describes as giving the studio creative freedom.

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