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Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

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20 Oct
Microsoft may lay off Xbox staff this month, in November, and in January.

Microsoft may lay off Xbox staff this month, in November, and in January.

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
24 Sept
The Xbox reset gets ugly

It feels like Xbox has been in a permanent state of turmoil for at least two years now, and this week is no different. Microsoft cut 268 jobs across its gaming division this week,

REPORT · WHEN · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
6 Jul
Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees

A year after cutting around 9,100 employees, Microsoft is making further layoffs today as it begins its new financial year. The software maker is laying off around 4,800 employees

REPORT · WHEN · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
20 Oct
Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
6 Jul
Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit Xbox and commercial sal

Microsoft cut around 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, on Monday — the latest in a series of layoffs that’s stoking fears of AI replacing jobs. The layoffs will hit

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
22 Sept
The latest changes will see Activision take on the Halo and Sea of Thieves franchises, as well as Age of Empires. Microsoft is also laying off around 268 Xbox employees as part of this restructuring,

The latest changes will see Activision take on the Halo and Sea of Thieves franchises, as well as Age of Empires. Microsoft is also laying off around 268 Xbox employees as part of

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
8 Jul
If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?

This week, Microsoft took a huge ax to its Xbox business. The company announced that it would be laying off 1,600 workers now, 1,600 more over the next fiscal year, and that it

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
1 Jul
Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures

Xbox is making some big changes — again. On June 10th, a few months after Asha Sharma took over as CEO, she and newly-promoted chief content officer Matt Booty sent a memo to

REPORT · WHO · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
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