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Xbox job cuts reveal the risks of unchecked corporate expansion
Asha Sharma cuts back Microsoft’s gaming operation and drops studios including Double Fine and Ninja Theory while pointing the finger at Phil Spencer
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Arkane staff face uncertain future as other Xbox studios gain independence
Yesterday, Xbox announced that they were spinning off five major studios in the course of the latest round of “historic” restructuring, with 1600 jobs instantly chopped and 1600 more layoffs to follow over the next financial year. It’s the latest in a string of failures on the part of Xbox leadership, who have repeatedly butchered…
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Sony to end physical PlayStation game production by 2028
Sony has announced that it will stop producing physical PlayStation games in 2028, marking what appears to be the end of an era for disc-based console gaming. However, industry advisor Mat Piscatella of Circana argues that the move is less a sudden break than a continuation of trends that have been reshaping the industry for…
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Xbox aims to reach a billion daily users while cutting 3,200 jobs
Microsoft has announced what Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 1,600 jobs this summer with a further 1,600 expected over the following year. Yet buried in the memo announcing the layoffs was an ambitious stated ambition: for Xbox to become one of the few companies that “entertains more…
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State of Decay 3 no longer guaranteed a day-one Game Pass release
State of Decay 3 may no longer arrive on Xbox Game Pass at launch, following Microsoft’s decision to part ways with the game’s developer, Undead Labs. The studio is among those Microsoft is offloading after announcing 3,200 job cuts across its Xbox division. This matters because every prior trailer and update for the game, including…
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Halo 4 nearly had a real-money auction house, Don Mattrick reportedly urged
As the games industry grapples with Xbox laying off 3200 workers and dropping five studios, more voices are surfacing to tell tales about corporate fumblings in the past. Read more
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Xbox Game Pass sign-ups reportedly fall short of Microsoft’s targets
The total number of Game Pass subscribers has dropped back down to 30 million, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. This is a loss of around 4 million compared to publicised 2024 numbers. Read more
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Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs by 2027 as ZeniMax studios restructure
Microsoft’s Xbox division is implementing a major workforce reduction of 3,200 employees by the end of the 2027 financial year, affecting multiple development studios under the ZeniMax umbrella, which encompasses major B
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Blizzard spared from current Xbox cuts but faces 2027 layoff wave
I’m sure this is great for morale.
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Xbox cuts strike id Software, roughly half of staff lost amid Doom expansion
Xbox is cutting 3200 jobs between now and the end of financial year 2027, with studios like Undead Labs and Compulsion Games going independent as others also try to navigate an uncertain future. Moreover, ZeniMax’s entire division – which includes all of Bethesda’s big studios – is facing major layoffs, even if no studios are…