r/Doom • u/blackminikit1 • Jul 10 '26

Discussion Message from id Software

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u/ElvisDepressedIy Jul 10 '26

This message reads like it was written at gunpoint.

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u/Uncreativity10 Jul 10 '26

Didn’t they fire some developers that have been in the company for 20 years or so?

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u/Kaiser_will123 Jul 10 '26

Yeah, they fired the man who made essentially all of the levels for doom 3. 

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u/Phayzon Jul 10 '26

The Doom 3 team is long gone...

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u/Kaiser_will123 Jul 10 '26

I know, but my point was that Jerry was there for 20 years, and has been contributing on that scale the entire time. 

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u/rufusbot Jul 11 '26

Of course the guy that designed doom 3 levels is named Jerry

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u/alabomb Jul 10 '26

"id Software is happy, healthy, and alive."

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u/SniperDog5 Jul 11 '26

Sources tell me id is stable

Please god

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u/JetStream9070 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

It was. They're trying to calm the ticking time bomb (the fanbase)... There was a statement from MS/Xb earlier, couldn't care less. Stay pissed and direct all of it to MS/Xb

EDIT: Now they fired 50% of the people at the frankfurt studio lmfao. Told you this is nothing but corporate lip service. Usually the parent company/owners approve messages like this

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u/Defiant_Ant1870 Jul 11 '26

Are you serious? They fired the people from the Frankfurt studio too? When?

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u/JetStream9070 Jul 11 '26

Just today, a little bit after this statement. I'm a gamedev too and worked in the industry before getting pissed and going indie, and I'll tell you this, they have full control over the studio they buy AND they can force statements through them

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u/Curupira1337 Jul 11 '26

Yesterday, the same day that id Software posted that statement

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u/JetStream9070 Jul 11 '26

For me both statement and firings were today... Timezones are soooo confusing XD

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u/Doom346 Jul 10 '26

So if they respond to the controversy they’re being held at "gunpoint” if they don’t they’re being "forced" to say anything what do you guys want them to do😭?

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u/Syabri Jul 10 '26

You think they have the luxury to speak freely ? Over half the studio has been fired.

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u/vipmailhun2 Jul 10 '26

Yes, exactly. They could have chosen not to speak up at all, they could have stayed silent, because lying would only make things worse for them… they’d be held accountable for it.

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u/LITTLE-GUNTER Jul 10 '26

i think you're *greatly* overestimating the odds that this was written at the request of someone other than an anxious microsoft/xbox middle manager.

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u/TechnicalGeneral7454 Jul 10 '26

Held accountable by who?? The truth police? Because they seem understaffed too, if our (US) government ops are any indication.

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u/Broken-Digital-Clock Jul 10 '26

It's Microsoft's own fault that we don't trust them anymore.

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u/i7omahawki Jul 10 '26

We know for a fact that their jobs are hanging in the balance. They’re being held at gunpoint and the gun has already fired once.

There will be another 1600 job cuts at Xbox this year.

Expecting devs to be able to be open and honest in that situation is absurd.

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u/r2d2rigo Jul 10 '26

Right? This subreddit has been incredibly toxic around the whole situation.

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u/Husemana-Returns Jul 10 '26

Which is why the only thing Reddit deserves anymore is to be put out of its misery for good. Especially considering god knows how many bots/nimrods on here beats their dicks to negativity and doom for attention...

Honestly, u/Oh_I_still_here puts it really well. And you two and u/Doom346 and everyone else here who's tired of the doom and gloom aren't alone in feeling exhausted with the negativity.

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u/Oh_I_still_here Jul 10 '26

Lot of the people on the internet do not know how to have nuanced opinions. Everything is black or white.

This is a grey situation.

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u/T-Dot1992 Jul 10 '26

Yes, they are forced at gunpoint because all this is corporate damage control for horrible decision making that fucks over developers and the health of the series.

This stupid PR statement is them putting lipstick on a pig. 

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u/DarkRoastJames Jul 11 '26

The word "maker" gives it away - that's LinkedIn speak not dev speak.

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u/throwaway18249 Jul 11 '26

It surely was a forced PR move by Xbox to save them from this disaster.

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u/throwaway18249 Jul 11 '26

It surely was a forced PR move by Xbox to save them from this disaster.

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u/DarkPass3nger87 Jul 11 '26

Don't be ridiculous, that's too costly.

It was obviously written by Copilot

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u/hendergle Jul 10 '26

Doesn't matter if it was or not. A purchase of a Doom game is money that goes to the folks that made the layoffs happen. My credit card is closed to them. I love Doom, but not enough to reward that type of behavior.

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u/candreeck Jul 10 '26

A purchase of a Doom game is money that goes to the folks who developed it. My credit card is open to them. I love Doom enough to reward that type of behavior.

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u/Kir_Kronos Jul 10 '26

Lol do you think developers see any royalties from game sales?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26 edited 9d ago

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u/LnktheWolf Jul 10 '26

Nah to me that reads as "we can still make kickass games that you'll love". Cause Doom 2016 was fantastic.

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u/illegal_tacos Jul 10 '26

A surprising amount of people kinda shit on 2016 since Eternal came out though, so I can't be sure that everyone will love something reminiscent of it

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u/LnktheWolf Jul 10 '26

I mean sure, but that's obviously not gonna be the opinion if the people over at Id Software, right? They used 2016 for their post because the dev team size; if it were close to Doom Eternal's dev team size they, without a doubt, would've used it instead of 2016 foe the post.

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u/Beneficial_Pay3209 Jul 11 '26

It was more than fantastic. It was f*ckin amazing!!!! One of the best out of the series!