Doom creator John Romero's canceled game is now a "much smaller game," but it "will be new to people, the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience"

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Doom co-creator and id Software co-founder John Romero has confirmed that his canceled project is back in development, albeit as a new game taking on elements of the original idea.

Microsoft's sweeping layoffs had a massive impact earlier this year with the cancellations of Xbox projects like Rare's Everwild, the Perfect Dark reboot, and Zenimax Online Studios' unannounced MMO. But it wasn't just first-party projects in trouble, as Romero Games announced it had lost funding on an "all-new FPS with an original, new IP" in what former staff claimed was a Microsoft decision.