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Xbox restructuring axes 3,200 jobs and cuts four studios loose
Microsoft’s Xbox division carried out a sweeping restructuring that eliminated 3,200 jobs and separated four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs—into independent operations. The scale of the cuts and the loss of established studios marks one of the most significant shake-ups in Xbox’s history, raising questions about the future direction of…
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Xbox restructuring leaves Arkane in limbo as Dishonored co-founder jokes about buying it
Arkane, the studio behind Dishonored and more, has its future in question as Xbox cuts 4 other studios and lays off 3,200.
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Little Five film adds Rain Spencer and Ariana Greenblatt to cast
EXCLUSIVE: Rain Spencer (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie) have been set to star in the feature film Little Five, from Anne Hathaway’s production company Somewhere Pictures and Pigasus Pictures. Ian Samuels will direct from a screenplay by Gillian Williams and Paul Shoulberg. Additional casting and production details have not been announced.…
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Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion retain their games after independence
Microsoft is spinning off four of its Xbox game studios – Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs – as part of the restructuring announced today. However, two that are going independent, Double Fine and Compulsion, will get to keep their franchises and games catalog, according to Xbox CEO Asha Sharma. “Compulsion…
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Nations report exposes covert China operation behind South Korea-US company dispute
House Judiciary Committee report alleges South Korea's far-left government has systematically discriminated against American companies like Coupang.
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants the company to “entertain more than a billion people” every day: here’s why that’s a deeply unrealistic thing to say
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has expressed hopes that Xbox can be a company that “entertains more than a billion people each day” amidst drastic change at the company. Read more
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Xbox’s CEO wants its games to cater to ‘more than a billion people each day’, or 24 times more than the peak population of Steam, which is delusional
Alternate title: Does Xbox CEO Asha Sharma know what a billion is?
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Xbox are parting ways with Double Fine, Arkane, Undead Labs, Compulsion, and Ninja Theory in the course of thousands of layoffs
After weeks of uncertainty, Microsoft have finally revealed what their big Xbox business “reset” involves. Spoilers: it’s not great! CEO Asha Sharma has announced that they will lay off 3200 people over the course of their next financial year, beginning today with around 1600 redundancies. In addition, Microsoft are parting ways with five of their…
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Microsoft announces Xbox Game Studios cuts, affecting 4 studios
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma confirms 4 studios are leaving Microsoft, with a fifth, Arkane Studios, fate uncertain amid mass layoffs.
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Nintendo will stop selling the original Switch in Europe next year
Nintendo is making a new version of the Switch 2 with a replaceable battery in Europe – but its predecessor has a very different future. As part of an updated FAQ about revisions to Nintendo hardware in Europe, the company confirmed that it will stop selling all iterations of the original Switch on the continent…