The Latest Breaking News from id Tech

Doom: The Dark Ages lead says claims that id Software has been "gutted" by layoffs are "not true," and its engine team is "very much alive and well"

"What matters the most is that the games are good," says Hugo Martin

GamesRadar · Jul 17

Report contradicts Microsoft's statements that id Software hasn't been shoved onto Unreal from id Tech: 'It's most likely going to end up in the trash can'

"Success is detached from your ability to keep a job."

PC Gamer · Jul 16

Laid-off id Software devs "cannot imagine a path forward where they make another game in id Tech," despite the Doom studio's claims

"They've just gotten rid of all the people who could ever fix, maintain, or change [id Tech]"

GamesRadar · Jul 15

Skin Deep is "an immersive sim for sickos," a Die Hard-inspired stealth game where you're not a "walking pile of guns that just shoots down everything, you are this fragile bag of meat"

Year in Review 2025 | Mashing up Far Cry 2, Mark of the Ninja, No One Lives Forever, and Die Hard

GamesRadar · Dec 18, 2025

A graphical history of id Tech: Three decades of cutting-edge graphics and game engine technologies

It's not just about Doom. Okay, it's mostly about Doom.

PC Gamer · May 30, 2025

The decades-old Doom 3 engine proves perfectly suited to new indie game Skin Deep

Dev Brendon Chung explains why old "laser-focused" tech still matters.

Creative Bloq · Apr 4, 2025

In 1991, after a 28-hour coding spree, the efforts of John Carmack 'Doomed' us all

John Carmack's incredible coding feat prior to the launch of Doom is memorialized.

Tom’s Hardware · Jan 23, 2025