John Romero's Next Shooter Survived the Microsoft Purge, Now He's Taking Inspiration From The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

John Romero, the legendary game designer who co-founded id Software has had a career spanning five decades. During that time he’s enjoyed the highest of highs, such as his seminal work on Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake, and the lowest of lows, most recently when his current studio Romero Games had its funding pulled by Microsoft amid the ongoing cuts across the Xbox business that began last year. Speaking with IGN during Gamescom Asia x Thailand Game Show 2026 this week, where he delivered an opening keynote address titled, ‘Why We Still Make Games,’ Romero seemed upbeat about the direction…