The fallout in the industry from last weeks Xbox job cuts continues. Last week was the earthquake, this week it looks like we’ll continue to see a number of aftershocks.

As part of the mega ~9,000 job cuts and project cancellations across all areas of the business last week, Everwild was cancelled at Rare. Perfect Dark was also canned and the studio established to create the game, The Initiative was closed. Various other projects were also abandoned.

It also came to light that Microsoft were funding games in development outside of Xbox Games Studios including Romero Games. We recently brought you the news that DOOM creator, John Romero’s studio had their funding cut by Xbox leaving the studio reeling and facing an uncertain future.

Romero and his studio have now confirmed that fortunately the studio is still currently open and there may be a way forward for their new shooter project to live on. By sharing the below update to X (Twitter), Romero Games confirmed that they’re been approached by a number of publishers who are interested in “helping bring the game across the finish line”:

Romero himself followed the above post himself by saying “this is a studio and a game worth fighting for”:

So there remains hope that John Romero’s game will still see the light of day. It’s unclear how many of the developers working on the project were laid off by Microsoft, but we know that an array of talent is no longer working on the game.

Microsoft’s vision for the future of first-party publishing and support some smaller studios continues to evolve rapidly. What the future holds for Xbox and the industry remains to be uncertain for developers and gamers alike.

If you missed the tsunami of Xbox related news last week, check out our editorial opinion piece that takes stock of a very rough week.

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