After being laid off by Microsoft, former Doom devs found new Smash TV-influenced FPS studio that isn’t “subject to investor demands”

Back in July, Doom developers id Software laid off around a hundred people as part of wider Microsoft blood-letting. Now, a few of those devs have founded a new employee-owned studio, Hidden Horses. Their first project is Danger Pay, a single-player FPS influenced by ancient arcade blaster Smash TV (pictured) and dystopian movies such as deadly gameshow fable The Running Man – itself an influence on Smash TV. Hidden Horses have 20 id Software alumni on the books, including former…

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