Shuffling the deck chairs: Xbox continues its "reset" with dramatic restructurin

The biggest apparent change in Xbox's radical restructuring is for the Halo franchise, which will now be under the remit of Call of Duty maker Activision.

Microsoft is announcing a massive restructuring of its Xbox studios today, months after laying off 1,600 Xbox employees and selling off studios. The latest changes will see

Move affects ~20% of the gaming division, which will refocus on its biggest franchises.

Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes

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

As part of Microsoft's big Xbox "reset," which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on "higher priority projects,"

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

In a recent message sent to employees, Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma and Xbox Studios chief Matt Booty laid out a brutal self-assessment that they say necessitates a wholesale