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Everwild, Perfect Dark and other games that are getting cancelled after latest Microsoft layoffs
Microsoft is implementing widespread layoffs impacting up to 9,000 employees, significantly affecting its Xbox division.
Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs
We are excited to be heading to Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, Germany, again this year! If you will also be attending, we are ...
Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios
At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according ...
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Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects
Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...
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More Xbox Layoffs Announced, Phil Spencer Claims They Were Necessary
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft's Barcelona-based mobile game developer King is cutting 10% of its staff, which works out ...
Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec
Turnbull acknowledged that people have some “strong feelings” about AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, but suggested that ...
AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox
Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...
Xbox was funding Romero Games' new game, but layoffs have left the project in crisis
The news was initially confirmed in a statement signed by Brenda Romero and posted on X. “Last night, we learned that our ...