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DOOM Developer Calls Xbox Layoffs 'Inhumane' as Morale Has Never Been Lower

In a recent interview, id Software Lead Services Programmer Chris Hays discussed the recent Xbox layoffs and how they affected the veteran Doom studio. At one point during the interview, Hays calls this recent round of id Software layoffs "inhumane," and confesses that morale at the Xbox-owned studio has never been low...

In a recent interview, id Software Lead Services Programmer Chris Hays discussed the recent Xbox layoffs and how they affected the veteran Doom studio. At one point during the interview, Hays calls this recent round of id Software layoffs "inhumane," and confesses that morale at the Xbox-owned studio has never been lower than the day the layoffs first hit.

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