The Death of idTech? 🪦🪦
Gamefromscratch
Jul 7, 2026 15:01
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It's the end of an era in game development, one of the most important game engines in the history of game development - and especially the FPS genre, is seemingly coming to a close. Microsoft, the owners of Bethesda/ZeniMAX have just announced MASSIVE layoffs across multiple game divisions, over 20% of all staff. One of the biggest casualties is id Software and it's looking like the entire team responsible for development of the idTech game engine are among the layoffs. This is the team behind massive hits like DOOM, Quake and Wolfenstein, as well as behind the technology powering hundreds of important games.
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