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Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs

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20 Oct
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Other feeds and industry voices
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.

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

Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs in July, with Xbox CEO

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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
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
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
6 Jul
Microsoft lays off nearly 5,000 employees across Xbox, commercial sales

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

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7 Jul
Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible

Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible

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