John Romero was one of the co-creators of DOOM and Romero Games went on to release multiple titles including the strategy RPG Empire of Sin for the Switch in 2020. The studio also released SIGIL and SIGIL 2 for for DOOM + DOOM II.

These changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” said Xbox head Phil Spencer in an email to staff.

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.