John Romero Finds New Publisher for FPS that Xbox Cut Funding For, Rehires Some Staff

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Doom co-creator John Romero had been developing a new first-person shooter at his Romero Games studio, however, funding for the game had been pulled in summer 2025 by Xbox and the studio was forced to layoff employees. Romero has told VideoGamesChronicle during Gamescom Asia the game has a new publisher and some of the previously laid off staff has been regired. "You know, last year we basically got defunded, like a lot of people did, and so we had to spend time figuring out what we were going to do," said Romero. "Eventually we decided that we can’t keep everybody on forever, and we kept…
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John Romero Finds New Publisher for FPS that Xbox Cut Funding For, Rehires Some Staff
Doom co-creator John Romero had been developing a new first-person shooter at his Romero Games studio, however, funding for the game had been pulled in summer 2025 by Xbox and the studio was forced to layoff employees. Romero has told VideoGamesChronicle during Gamescom Asia...
