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"There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," says Doom dev: "They have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of"
An id Software developer says there is no benefit to being owned by Microsoft after the Xbox-owned developer faced mass layoffs one day before the launch of a new Doom DLC expansion.
Speaking to Gamedeveloper, the unnamed source at the Doom developer explained, "They [Microsoft] didn't even wait to see if the product is successful before they got rid of the team."
And had Microsoft waited, it would've seen that Doom: The Dark Ages' Revelation DLC has netted rave reviews on Steam and is one of the top-rated games of 2026 on Opencritic.
Reports say the studio has seen 136 of its 185 developers laid off by Microsoft, in its fifth round of mass layoffs since spending 75 billion to acquire Activision Blizzard. Despite the publisher apparently pushing Bethesda to make more Doom games, Xbox saw fit to seemingly gut the team behind the iconic franchise.
"There are no benefits to being owned by Microsoft," the developer continues. "In fact, they have destroyed immense amounts of value that I don't even think that they're aware of."
Unfortunately, even if you release a good and successful game now, you're still not safe. Doom: The Dark Ages was the "biggest launch in id's history" when it launched in 2025, and just over a year later, id has reportedly been made a shell of its former self.
Meanwhile, Ubisoft is in the process of letting go of 51 developers at Ubisoft Barcelona, right as Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced was is released. One Gamedeveloper source echoed this, saying, "It feels like we put a good product out and it just has zero effect on your longevity in the industry."
There really aren't many studios left with the legacy of id Software – the studio that revolutionized the FPS, which would then go on to become the biggest genre in the world for a time – and it's a studio that has never really had any major missteps either. It's a shame to think that years of knowledge might be lost as 136 developers seek out new employment in an industry with fewer jobs to go around.
Hotel Transylvania Det er kunngjort at del 5 skal ha premiere i oktober 2027
Sony Pictures har kunngjort at filmserien «Hotel Transylvania» snart kommer tilbake til kinoene. En femte film i den større sagaen er kunngjort, og i denne filmen vil Selena Gomez’ Mavis spille hovedrollen, nå som hun har overtatt som sjef for det nevnte feriestedet.
Filmen, som har fått tittelen «The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania», handler om at Mavis får i oppdrag å avdekke sannheten bak en rekke merkelige hendelser som plager hotellet – en oppgave som til slutt fører til at Drac-gjengen må slå seg sammen for å løse mysteriet.
Vi vet foreløpig ikke så mye om rollebesetningen, men hvis Mavis har hovedrollen, er Gomez nærmest en selvfølge, og det forventes at andre kjente skuespillere også vil være med, ikke minst Andy Samberg, David Spade og Steve Buscemi. Hvem som skal gi stemme til Dracula er fortsatt uklart, ettersom Brian Hull overtok etter Adam Sandler i den forrige filmen.
«The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania» har premiere på kino 8. oktober 2027, og du kan se et første teaser-bilde nedenfor.
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Hotel Transylvania 5 wurde angekündigt und wird im Oktober 2027 Premiere feiern.
Sony Pictures hat angekündigt, dass die Filmreihe Hotel Transylvania bald wieder in die Kinos zurückkehren wird. Ein fünftes Kapitel der größeren Saga wurde angekündigt, wobei in diesem Film Selena Gomez als Mavis die Hauptrolle übernimmt, da sie nun die Chefin des namensgebenden Resorts übernommen hat.
Bekannt als The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania, wird Mavis damit beauftragt, die Wahrheit hinter einer Reihe seltsamer Ereignisse im Hotel aufzudecken – eine Aufgabe, die letztlich dazu führt, dass das Drac-Rudel zusammenkommt, um das Rätsel zu lösen.
Inszeniert von Jennifer Kluska und Alan Hawkins, wird The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania die Filmsaga nach einem kurzen Ausflug zurückkehren, als der vierte Film, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, bei dessen Premiere 2022 exklusiv für Prime Video erhältlich war.
Über die Besetzung wissen wir noch nicht viel, aber wenn Mavis die Hauptrolle spielt, ist Gomez fast sicher, und andere zurückkehrende Stars werden voraussichtlich unter den Cuts gehören, nicht zuletzt Andy Samberg, David Spade und Steve Buscemi. Wer Dracula sprechen wird, bleibt unklar, da Brian Hull im letzten Teil Adam Sandler abgelöst hat.
The Haunting of Hotel Transylvania soll am 8. Oktober 2027 in den Kinos Premiere feiern, und unten sehen Sie ein erstes Teaser-Bild.