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negative HN’s reaction is overwhelmingly bleak: commenters see the reported idTech cuts as short-sighted cost-cutting that could erase a distinctive technical culture inside id Software and push more of the industry toward Unreal Engine sameness. A minority pushes back that standardized engines can be economically rational, and — latest discussion,
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  1. Report: Microsoft layoffs may gut idTech at id Software▲ 673 · 595 commentsin 2 episodes: · 2:33 · 4:55
  2. Xbox plans its biggest reset yet: layoffs, spinoffs, and fewer management layers▲ 734 · 930 comments · 14:55