# id Software co-director says the Doom developer is ‘working more closely with MachineGames than ever’ after Xbox laid off ‘about half of our studio’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/id-software-co-director-says-the-doom-developer-is-working-more-closely-with-machinegames-than-ever-after-xbox-laid-off-about-half-of-our-studio/
- Published: 2026-10-31T16:10:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T17:34:46+00:00
- Original publisher: PC Gamer
- Original article: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/id-software-co-director-says-the-doom-developer-is-working-more-closely-with-machinegames-than-ever-after-xbox-laid-off-about-half-of-our-studio/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Xbox layoffs cut about half of id Software’s staff, according to its co-director.
- id Software says its collaboration with MachineGames has grown closer.
- The studios’ joint projects were not specified.

## Summary

id Software co-director Hugo Martin says the Doom studio is working more closely with MachineGames, the developer of Wolfenstein, than ever before. His comments follow Xbox layoffs that he said cut about half of id Software’s staff, making the collaboration significant as the studio works with a much smaller team.

Martin described the partnership as productive, while acknowledging that the two studios have different strengths and working methods. The article gives no specific headcount or details of which projects the joint work involves; “about half” is Martin’s estimate of the scale of the layoffs.

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