Microsoft DOOMs ID with layoffs | TheStandup

Summary

This episode of 'The Standup' addresses the significant layoffs at Microsoft, specifically focusing on the 1,600 employees affected and the impact on id Software. The host discusses the uncertainty surrounding the future of id's engine development with guest Casey Muratori, a legendary game programmer. They explore the complexities of engine maintenance, the challenges of technical innovation, and whether relying on AI is a viable replacement for experienced human engineers during such turbulent times.

Chapters

1. 0:00Microsoft and Xbox Layoffs Overview
2. 1:42Impact on id Software
3. 3:42Fiscal Year Planning Discussions
4. 6:46Uncertainty of Layoff Outcomes
5. 10:32Engine Development and Future Challenges

Topics covered

• Microsoft's recent 1,600 employee layoffs
• Impact on id Software's engine team

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Transcript excerpt

Welcome to the stand-up. Today, we have a very special episode. You may notice that it looks lower quality video. That is because we have nobody here to record, and I'm just raw dog recording the screen straight from Riverside. Uh anyways, I'm sorry. With that, we're going to be talking about Microsoft layoffs. Now, Microsoft has just recently released an entire kind of exposé of exactly what happened. This is by Asha right here, the new CEO of Xbox. She has let everybody know that they are laying off a whole bunch of people, a bunch of reasons in here, things that they want to accomplish, including a bunch of crazy pieces of information I did not think we were going to learn, along with also crazy management style of Xbox itself, and a bunch of studios and people have been hit today directly cuz 1,600 were laid off and 1,600 more throughout the fiscal year of 2027. Also, really weird wa…