id Software is developing a new video game with Hugo Martin serving as game director, the studio and Xbox leadership have confirmed. The announcement identifies the project as a new game but does not assign it a title, genre, platform or release window.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma first disclosed the project in a post on X on Nov. 12. id Software followed with a reply saying teams in Texas and Frankfurt are working on the game. The studio also indicated that more information will take time, leaving the project’s identity open.
What id Software has confirmed
Martin’s involvement links the project to the director’s work on id Software’s modern Doom series. He directed DOOM, DOOM Eternal and DOOM: The Dark Ages, but id Software has not identified the new game as part of that franchise. The studio’s catalog also includes Quake, alongside its Doom series and other technology projects.
- Hugo Martin is the game director.
- Development is taking place across id Software’s teams in Texas and Frankfurt.
- The title, genre, platforms and release window have not been announced.
The project arrives after a major reduction in id Software’s workforce. A state layoff notice listed 96 job cuts at the studio’s Richardson, Texas, office, Game Developer reported. Another 40 positions were eliminated among remote employees reporting to that office, bringing the total cited in the announcement to 136.
The cuts were part of a broader Xbox restructuring plan that eliminated 3,200 jobs across Microsoft’s gaming division. id Software later said on X that its team was approximately the size it had been during development of DOOM in 2016, while also saying it would continue making games and technology.
Studio work continues
In early November, id Software co-director Marty Stratton told GameSpot that the studio was doing well. Stratton acknowledged that about half of id Software’s staff had left during the layoffs and described the reductions as an effort to position the studio for future work.
The new project is not the only announced work involving id Software. Sharma also confirmed Slaughter Mode for DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations. That mode is scheduled to go live on Nov. 16 for the current game, while the studio’s next project remains in production without a public release timetable.
