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Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: "Games need to succeed, not just be beloved"

"I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs." It's a sentiment all of us share, but a particularly strong one for its Co-founder John Carmack. A WARN notice filed in Texas states that 136 jobs are being cut at the Doom developer, reportedly more than half of its [...]

"I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs." It's a sentiment all of us share, but a particularly strong one for its Co-founder John Carmack. A WARN notice filed in Texas states that 136 jobs are being cut at the Doom developer, reportedly more than half of its [...]

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