… It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history.” Romero is also not a stranger to the effects of Microsoft’s cost-cutting: The company reportedly canceled funding for a new title from Romero Games as part of its July 2025 round of… …
… Beyond the potential studio closures, Microsoft is preparing for a wave of layoffs at Xbox that will drastically reshape its gaming division. These layoffs are due to start on July 6th, according to sources, and will hit most parts of Xbox. …
… In an email from Meta management shared by Business Insider, impacted staffers were told that the planned headcount reduction was part of the company’s “continued effort to run the company more efficiently and to allow us to offset the other investments we’re making.” Reports of an upcoming wave of… …
Microsoft’s Xbox division will be hit with significant layoffs next month, according to people familiar with Microsoft’s plans. The company has been preparing for the layoffs internally for weeks, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hinting about “making hard choices” last month. …
… The Information reports that the job cuts will affect “a few hundred” employees across the company, including in its Reality Labs division, which experienced a round of layoffs in January as Meta pulls back on the metaverse . …
… Xbox was already experiencing an identity crisis heading into these layoffs, and this lack of vision isn’t making things any clearer.
… Like many other tech companies, Meta has carried out sweeping layoffs while pushing remaining employees to increase their usage of AI tools. …
… The company laid off about 25 percent of Obsidian’s staff this week, according to Kotaku.
… As part of overarching VR layoffs, the company announced the game would no longer get any new content, enraging its tightly knit, devoted community. …
… The company’s head of Xbox Game Studios, Craig Duncan, and the Xbox Game Studios chief of staff, Louise O’Connor, also announced that they will be leaving, The Game Business reported. …