… In fact, the company has been pretty upfront about it. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma recently went on record saying the business isn't healthy right now, and unfortunately, layoffs often become part of that reality. …
… Microsoft is expected to announce the layoffs next week, though plans are subject to change. July layoffs have become commonplace for Microsoft because the company's fiscal year starts on July 1. Over 9,000 layoffs were made by Microsoft last July. …
Microsoft just confirmed layoffs that affect close to 2.1% of the company's workforce. …
Recently, Bethesda 's Union expressed frustration that Zenimax and Bethesda , the studio currently in charge of award-winning Fallout , The Elder Scrolls , and DOOM franchises, among others, has suffered job cuts as part of Xbox's company-wide 'Reset' , with reports from Bloomberg suggesting it was… …
… One can hope that these layoffs don’t lead to the total closure of Compulsion Games. …
… Original article: This week's huge wave of 4,800 layoffs across Microsoft have brought the largest ever series of cuts to Xbox in the brand's history, with 3,200 roles axed and four studios split away from the company and with Microsoft also reportedly in talks with the French government to try and… …
… While layoffs are an issue in any line of work, the games industry is exceedingly beholden to this ebb and flow of employment. …
Several weeks after Xbox admitted it's "overextended" with its business and it was reported that Microsoft would begin "major layoffs" in July, those cuts have now begun to hit the firm. …
It feels like Xbox and questionable decisions are going hand in hand lately, especially as the company is set to lay off around 3,200 employees throughout FY2027 , with roughly 1,600 of those layoffs already taking place yesterday. …
…This is like all public companies. They want reliable forecastable business. And the entertainment, like the video game industry, just doesn’t work that way sometimes." "And so you can say 'Xbox…