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"A dried husk of a product": former Doom producer berates Microsoft for making Halo a "mid-tier" game and mourns the "financialisation" of AAA

Former Doom: The Dark Ages producer Andrew Willis has shared tuppence on the state of the blockbuster videogame trade, arguing that the biggest companies and most popular series are going through a familiar "cycle" whereby the moneyfolk finally displace the creatives, and start messing games up in the name of…

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"A dried husk of a product": former Doom producer berates Microsoft for making Halo a "mid-tier" game and mourns the "financialisation" of AAA
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Former Doom: The Dark Ages producer Andrew Willis has shared tuppence on the state of the blockbuster videogame trade, arguing that the biggest companies and most popular series are going through a familiar "cycle" whereby the moneyfolk finally displace the creatives, and start messing games up in the name of…

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So far, only Rock Paper Shotgun is talking about this — if confirmation shows up, it’ll be added here. 33 years after its debut, Doom still starts arguments like it's brand new. In the 30 days before this one, 5 other Doom stories ran here.

Bottom line: Better wait for someone else to confirm before taking it as a given.

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09/16/2026 10:30
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  1. "The more aroused the fly is the harder it tries to shoot" - Google's fully mapped fly brain is now playing Doom, Beat Saber, and moreEurogamer
  2. After Google mapped an adult male fruit fly's brain, software engineers made it play Doom, Mario64, and Beat SaberPC Gamer
  3. Call of Duty Adds Doom Slayer Skin as Part of New Halloween UpdateIGN · Update
  4. You can't pet the talking rat wall in Ontos, the new space horror game from Soma's creators, but surely it can run DoomRock Paper Shotgun
  5. Laid off id Software developer says crunch on Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelations DLC was "brutal" with up to 17-hour daysEurogamer · Expansion

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