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

2025 年 10 月 29 日 business, entertainment, media, technology

Doom co-creator John Romero has been developing a new first-person shooter at his Romero Games studio, however, over the summer the funding for the game had been pulled and development had stopped. The studio has remained open as they are looking for a new publisher. Romero now speaking with Gamreactor says they are still figure out what they are doing with the new FPS as they own the IP and were midway through development. “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. “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.” He added, “We were, yeah, we were about midway through our game, yeah.” A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can follow the author on Bluesky. Full Article.