Entertainment · Gaming · 17 hrs ago
Id Software and MachineGames deepen partnership after major layoffs
Xbox layoffs led about half of id Software’s staff to leave earlier this year.
Id Software, the studio behind Doom, says it remains viable across game development and technology.
It is now working more closely with MachineGames, the studio behind Wolfenstein and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
The teams have long worked together, and both use technology based on id Software’s id Tech engine.
Their closer work focuses on technology, according to id co-director Marty Stratton, who said the effort began before the layoffs.
A joint Wolfenstein 3 project is only speculation; neither studio has announced a game they are making together.
No further details about the collaboration or what either team will make next have been announced.
Id Software and MachineGames are working more closely together, studio co-director Marty Stratton said.
The closer partnership follows layoffs at id Software that Stratton said led to about half of the studio leaving.
Stratton said the collaboration includes technology development and began earlier this year.
The studios have not said whether they are co-developing a game, and suggestions they may work on Wolfenstein 3 remain speculation.
- Who
- Id Software and MachineGames, with id Software co-director Marty Stratton discussing the partnership.
- What
- The studios are working more closely, including on technology development.
- When
- Stratton said the effort began earlier in 2026; he discussed it at a press event in October.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Stratton said the teams have talented engineers and are on a promising path. The articles link the closer work to id Software layoffs, but do not state a confirmed reason.
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Stratton said the closer technology-development effort between the studios began.
Xbox layoffs affected id Software, with about half of its studio leaving, according to Stratton.
Stratton discussed the layoffs and the studios’ closer work at a press event for Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC.
- Studios
- Id Software and MachineGames
- Id Software departures
- About half of the studio, according to Marty Stratton
- Technology effort
- Began earlier in 2026
- Press event
- Doom: The Dark Ages – Revelations DLC
- Related game speculation
- Wolfenstein 3
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What people are saying
We're working more closely with MachineGames than ever.
everybody knows we had about half of our studio exit as part of that.