{
  "id": 7797708,
  "title": "\"A dried husk of a product\": former Doom producer berates Microsoft for making Halo a \"mid-tier\" game and mourns the \"financialisation\" of AAA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/a-dried-husk-of-a-product-former-doom-producer-berates-microsoft-for",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-dried-husk-of-a-product-former-doom-producer-berates-microsoft-for-making-halo-a-mid-tier-game-and-mourns-the-financialisation-of-aaa"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former Doom: The Dark Ages producer Andrew Willis has shared tuppence on the state of the blockbuster videogame trade, arguing that the biggest companies and most popular series are going through a familiar \"cycle\" whereby the moneyfolk finally displace the creatives, and start messing games up in the name of short-term returns. He reckons that the likes of Halo are well on their way to becoming…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}