Id Software announced that 136 employees were laid off earlier this week as part of a restructuring plan overseen by Xbox leadership. The studio had been exploring several new projects before the cuts, including a reboot of Perfect Dark, a multiplayer‑focused Doom title, and a John Wick‑style game called Fury, according to GamesBeat. The announcements followed the closure of The Initiative studio and the cancellation of its planned Perfect Dark title, after which concept art for a new Perfect Dark project was already prepared. Derek Best, a former principal VFX artist who spent 12 years at the company, posted on LinkedIn that Microsoft had reduced the studio to a support‑size operation after the cuts. He added that the Fury proposal, led by Doom: The Dark Ages director Hugo Martin, incorporated sci‑fi, noir and gangster elements but had not received official approval from Microsoft. VGC reported the layoff figure of 136, and GamesBeat noted that more than half of id Software's workforce was reduced, with a former employee describing the event as a bloodbath. The future of the partially developed projects remains unclear, and the broader effect of the layoffs on id Software's technology and upcoming releases has not been specified.