Perhaps it’s not very surprising that id Software is working on a new game, but given the studio was widely reported to have been gutted earlier this year, it’s nice to get confirmation that they are working on something else. id Software responded by reassuring people that they still have the “crew we need to build the games and tech we’re known for.”
Technically it was Xbox CEO Asham Sharma that made the announcement on X as she tweeted about the looming 25th anniversary of the OG Xbox.
“Few studios have shaped the first-person shooter genre as much as @idSoftware. Slaughter Mode comes to DOOM: The Dark Ages | Revelations on Monday, and the team is already working on its next game,” wrote Sharma.
Shortly afterward, id Software quoted her tweet, confirming what Sharma said: “We’re incredibly excited about our next project, a new game from our teams in Texas and Frankfurt, with game direction once again by Hugo Martin.”
Unfortunately, they also trotted out a line that will immediately trigger traumatic flashbacks for The Elder Scrolls fans: “It’ll be some time before we’re ready to share more but we can’t wait for you to see what we’re working on.”
So, what’s the next game going to be? It could, of course, be another entry in the DOOM series. From what we can tell, DOOM: The Dark Ages might not have done as well as Microsoft wanted. Or perhaps we’ll finally get a new Quake game? MachineGames seemed to tease a Quake game back in 2024. And then earlier this year, id Software and MachineGames dropped Dawn of the Machine, a free update for the original game.
The fact that Hugo Martin is directing again would seem to point toward DOOM. As his time as director, he hasn’t done anything that isn’t DOOM related, although that doesn’t mean he and the team aren’t going to branch out.
