… A Bloomberg report last week said major layoffs were going to be a part of that overhaul, in numbers that all but guaranteed at least one studio closure. …
Microsoft's likely got another wave of layoffs and studio closures coming, it's my displeasure to say—with multiple studios on the chopping block . …
Embracer CEO Phil Rogers didn't win himself many new fans when he said a few years ago that the company's slash-and-burn restructuring, the result of years of hand-over-fist acquisitions that, whoops , it couldn't really afford, was " how we win ." This was when Rogers was still Embracer's interim … …
… AI-loving CEO Asha Sharma's big Xbox reset will gut Microsoft's gaming division, with at least 1,000 jobs rumoured to be at risk, and that's not including the layoffs due the reportedly impending studio closures. …
… The layoffs appear to have landed particularly heavily on Ubisoft's Barcelona studio, which an Insider Gaming report says will see 51 people let go. …
… IOI did not name the "external partner" in question, but it was widely assumed to be Microsoft, and the company confirmed that it was indeed the partner in question in a statement to Bloomberg , saying it is "taking a fresh look at where we invest so we’re focusing on our highest priorities." Micro… …
In a recent interview with MinnMax , ZeniMax Online Studios founder Matt Firor described his reaction to his MMO, Project Blackbird, getting canceled , as well as his more general thoughts on the current moment in the industry. …
Perhaps the most shocking part of Microsoft's incoming rash of suspected layoffs and studio closures is Ninja Theory—a studio which had announced a Senua game at the Xbox showcase barely a week prior. …
… The news comes as Xbox's new leaders, Asha Sharma and Matt Booty—who took over after Phil Spencer retired earlier this year—begin to implement an ominous-sounding "Xbox reset." In an open letter last week, Sharma and Booty said that Xbox's studio acquisitions have left it "over extended," and Bloom… …
… A big chunk of that eye-watering change comes from payroll—so a small studio, obviously, means a smaller budget, which is particularly important in an era of brutal layoffs and studio closures. …
