Those of Us Who Grew Up Playing Doom Must Remember What Microsoft Did to Its Creator
Doomed by Microsoft
John Romero is in the headlines again. No, it's not the 1990s. But John Romero's story (we saw dozens of articles) is about what Microsoft did to him and to his workers.
Whenever Microsoft does some PR campaign, trying to paint itself as a guardian of retro and nostalgia remember what it did to Romero. Microsoft isn't good at making things but buying things to shut them down. █
Update: The way Wikipedia (curated by Microsoft) puts it: "On 19 July 2022 Romero Games announced that they are starting work on an original, new AAA FPS IP with Unreal Engine 5. Microsoft announced a 4% reducing of staff across the entire organization in July 2025, affecting about 9000 workers. This included the cancellation of several games within Xbox Game Studios and the termination of funding for Romero's project, which led Romero Games to lay off an undisclosed number of employees and seek a new publisher."