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Doom's new Chain Spear weapon seems to be dividing The Dark Ages' audience – "I'm like an hour in and I can't wait to get the shield back"
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Microsoft is reportedly considering making more of its first-party games exclusive to Xbox
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IO Interactive regains full ownership of Project Fantasy following end of Xbox deal, shuts down Istanbul studio and lays off developers "to find a new balance"
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After split with Xbox, Hitman developer IO will "continue to develop" Project Fantasy independently, but they're closing their Istanbul Studio
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Doom co-creator John Romero weighs in on Xbox's cuts to id Software, underlines the importance of digital preservation and the studio's history
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The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs
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State of Decay 3 may no longer launch into Game Pass, now that Microsoft is letting developer Undead Labs go
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Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut
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Xbox's layoffs come with a push to focus on series like Fallout, so naturally New Vegas devs Obsidian have reportedly lost around a quarter of their staff