Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs

In announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs across the Xbox division yesterday, CEO Asha Sharma focused on discussing cuts to the Xbox platform team and redundant layers of middle management. Now, though, word is filtering out about significant staffing cuts at remaining Microsoft-owned game developers including id Software and Bethesda. Apogee and 3D Realms founder Scott Miller—who helped publish some of id's earliest games — wrote on social media yesterday of "insider reports" that a majority of id