The games industry is so broken even FPS legend John Romero and his studio are struggling with funding, and now-former staff say it's Microsoft's fault: "Our whole studio is being let go because of the layoffs"

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Romero Games – the studio founded by industry veterans John and Brenda Romero – has announced that its game has had its funding canceled thanks to a "strategic decision made at a high level within the publisher, well above our visibility or control."

Doom and Quake veteran John Romero, who previously co-founded id Software, announced that he was working on an "all-new FPS with an original, new IP" at Romero Games back in 2022. At the time, it was stated that the devs were "working with a major publisher," and although very little else was revealed, it sounded promising just from its team alone.