id Software has lost 136 jobs in Xbox's wave of layoffs
The DOOM and Quake developer has cut 136 roles, around half its workforce, in Microsoft's latest round of Xbox job losses.

Rachel Chinouriri
The DOOM and Quake developer has cut 136 roles, around half its workforce, in Microsoft's latest round of Xbox job losses.
Bethesda Softworks is prioritising established franchises over new intellectual property as part of Xbox's wider post-layoffs strategy reset.
Lasser, who was married to Woody Allen and appeared in five of his films, died at her home in New York City on 7th July.
The Toronto International Film Festival named three Gala world premieres in its first programming announcement of the year on 7th July.
The subscription service has slipped to around 30 million subscribers, down from 32 million in early 2024, following last year's price rise.
The 'Law & Order: SVU' star will host the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on NBC and Peacock on 14th September, the first time a non-comedian has hosted since 1993.
Microsoft and Xbox withdrew funding for IO Interactive's online RPG Project Fantasy, forcing the closure of the studio's Istanbul office.
A grave-robbing influencer and a resurrected rock icon make a spectacularly bad double act in a bloody, funny novel about the demands of devotion.
Hayden Cohen has agreed to a court judgment barring him from accessing or sharing unreleased Fortnite information in future.
The award will be presented at the opening ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Wednesday 2nd September.
The change coincides with a Switch 2 hardware revision featuring user-replaceable batteries to meet new EU right-to-repair rules.
The film held its world premiere at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on 6th July, eleven days before it reaches cinemas.
United Videogame Workers has opened a fund offering grants of up to $5,000 to industry workers in the US and Canada affected by job cuts.
Job cuts as part of Xbox's wider restructuring have reached four of its first-party studios, with Obsidian also cancelling a planned 'Avowed' sequel.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has called the shake-up, which also puts Arkane Lyon's future under review, the most significant restructure in the division's history.
Microsoft has confirmed the sale of two Xbox-owned developers while Arkane Studios remains in a formal consultation process in France.
The American actor, who also appeared in Woody Allen's 'Take the Money and Run' and 'Bananas', died at her home in New York on 6th July.
Both studios have left Xbox Game Studios but keep their intellectual property as part of Microsoft's biggest ever gaming restructure.
The science-fiction thriller is the 13th film of 2026 to cross $100m domestically, reaching $104.9m in 24 days on release.
The George Washington film recorded the distributor's second-biggest opening weekend, behind last December's animated 'David'.