{"id":11524,"date":"2026-07-09T03:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11524"},"modified":"2026-07-09T05:05:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T01:35:04","slug":"id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"id Software Was Reportedly &#8216;Toying With&#8217; Pitches for a New Perfect Dark, a John Wick-Inspired Game, and More Before Layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">id Software was reportedly toying with a bunch of ideas for future game projects when Microsoft laid off more than half of the studio.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">According to a new report from GamesBeat, 92 of 185 full-time employees were laid off from id Software. This has put a number of projects in question. The report notes that the studio was working on a bunch of projects, and sources aren&#8217;t sure how they can move forward on them with such a small team.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">\u201cI\u2019m not convinced there is a viable way forward,\u201d said one laid-off worker when speaking with GamesBeat. \u201cIt feels like a bunch of knee-jerk responses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">Doom: The Dark Ages Revelations Reveal Trailer Xbox Games Showcase 2026 &#8211; Screenshots<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs.gif\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">id Software just finished its work on the new Doom: The Dark Ages DLC, known as Revelations, and was looking at what its next full-scale project would be. One was a co-op\/multiplayer Doom game that would&#8217;ve brought back weaponry from previous Doom games. Another was a new Perfect Dark game, since the property became available last year in the wake of Xbox&#8217;s shutdown of developer The Initiative and cancellation of its Perfect Dark reboot. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There were also concepts for a new game codenamed Fury. id Software apparently saw this as a way to stretch its legs beyond Doom, and envisioned it as a John Wick-inspired, noir sci-fi game with &#8220;Chicago and Louisiana gangsters.&#8221; Like John Wick, it would&#8217;ve combined martial arts with gunplay. The hope was to make it for Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">One other project that was being kicked around was a Westworld-inspired survival game, but not much else is known about it. It&#8217;s unclear if any of these projects will move forward, or if id Software will just become a support studio, assisting on games like The Elder Scrolls 6, Wolfenstein 3, Marvel&#8217;s Blade, or other projects within Xbox.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Last year, a similar situation happened to Turn 10 Studios, the team behind the Forza Motorsport franchise. The team was gutted as part of mass layoffs and there are now questions over whether or not the Motorsport series will continue, or if it will be completely replaced by the more successful Forza Horizon games.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Cade Onder is a freelancer for IGN&#8217;s news team. He covers all things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You can find him on Twitter @Cade_Onder.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs.webp\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/id-software-was-reportedly-toying-with-pitches-for-a-new-perfect-dark-a-john-wick-inspired-game-and-more-before-layoffs.webp\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-11524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-49","tag-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11526,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11524\/revisions\/11526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}