Activision is taking over Halo as part of a massive Xbox shake-up

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

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.

Activision gets <em>Halo</em>, Obsidian becomes part of Bethesda, and more internal shake-ups.

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

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

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,

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