Microsoft confirms 3200 layoffs and four studio departures
Microsoft has confirmed significant layoffs affecting approximately 3,200 employees across its Xbox business, including 1,600 on the day of the announcement. Four studios, Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs, will either become independent or find new ownership, while Arkane Studios faces strategic review. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma cited slower-than-expected growth in Game Pass, multi-platform strategies, and content portfolio as reasons for the restructuring, which will also involve reducing management layers.
- Entities
- Company: King
- Company: Xbox Game Studios
- Topic: Company Restructuring
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Blizzard Entertainment
- Platform: Xbox
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Game: Blade
- Company: Obsidian Entertainment
- Game: We Happy Few
- Game: Senua
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Game: South of Midnight
- Company: Activision Blizzard
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