**John Romero Says ‘We Were Midway’ Through Development on Cancelled FPS**

*News by William D’Angelo | Posted 42 minutes ago | 157 Views*

Doom co-creator John Romero has been developing a new first-person shooter (FPS) at his Romero Games studio. However, over the summer, funding for the game was pulled, and development has since stopped. Despite this setback, the studio remains open as they continue searching for a new publisher.

In a recent interview with Gamereactor, Romero revealed that they are still figuring out the future of the new FPS. Since Romero Games owns the intellectual property (IP) and the game’s code, they have the flexibility to move forward in various ways.

“Well, we’re still figuring out what we’re going to do with our big game,” Romero stated. “We own the IP, we own the code, we own everything about the game, right? So we have a lot of companies that are interested and still working with us on it, because when you develop a game for years and you put in, say, $50 million into a game, if you move and start working with somebody else, they get $50 million for free.”

He continued, “So lots of people want to continue working on something, you know, and even if that doesn’t happen, you have $50 million worth of assets that you can use to make another thing. So no matter what, you are shortcutting the end of your game, right? To be able to get your game done faster, you already have a lot there already.”

Romero also confirmed, “We were, yeah, we were about midway through our game, yeah.”

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