John Romero, the main creator of the Doom series, and his wife Brenda, the studio Romero Games, founded ten years ago, has also been implicated in the recent layoffs caused by Microsoft Xbox.He confirmed on social media that the unannounced projects in the studio have been cut.

Xbox's layoffs this time have a wide range of impacts, and even multiple third-party games have been cut

He said the publisher of their game cancelled funding, and together they canceled unannounced game projects from several other studios.He said that this decision was a strategic decision made by senior management within the publisher, and their studio itself was powerless and it was beyond the visibility and control of the studio.

He said the decision to cancel the project does not reflect the team’s work, performance or project quality.It is reported that the development of the new work is actually going smoothly, but this is not enough to avoid the cancellation of the project.

Although John Romero did not mention who the publisher was, considering the coincidence of this incident, it is obvious to anyone with a discerning eye to Xbox.Former employee Christoph Redl also retweeted the statement of Romero Games on social media, and confirmed that the cancellation of the project was the result of this major Xbox layoff.