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Xbox turmoil continues with a studio closure and executive departures

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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
22 Sept
Xbox is barely Xbox anymore

Xbox has become a shell of its former self - and things are only getting worse. As part of its planned cuts impacting around 3,200 workers, the company announced today more

REPORT · WHEN · 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
22 Sept
Studios are being consolidated, others are on the brink of being closed altogether, and Xbox’s most iconic franchise, Halo, is being moved to a new developer.

Studios are being consolidated, others are on the brink of being closed altogether, and Xbox’s most iconic franchise, Halo, is being moved to a new developer. The future of Xbox

OPINION · WHAT · The VergeOPEN STORY
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