# Id Software confirms it’s working on a new game after layoffs

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/id-software-confirms-its-working-on-a-new-game-after-layoffs/
- Published: 2026-11-12T21:38:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T09:50:51+00:00
- Original publisher: VGC
- Original article: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/id-software-confirms-its-working-on-a-new-game-after-layoffs/
- Topics: Software, Technology

## Key points

- Id Software has begun work on a new game.
- Hugo Martin is directing the project.
- 136 Xbox workers reportedly lost their jobs.

## Summary

Id Software is working on a new game, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has confirmed, following the release of Doom: The Dark Ages and its expansion. The announcement signals that the studio remains involved in developing a new project despite recent layoffs and claims that it had been reduced to a support studio.

The project is being made by teams in Texas and Frankfurt, with Hugo Martin directing. Id Software says it will be some time before it can share more, suggesting development is at an early stage; 136 Xbox workers reportedly lost their jobs, including more than 20 former id developers who have since formed a studio called Hidden Horses.

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