Report: Obsidian losing around one quarter of its staff to 'Xbox reset'
Obsidian Entertainment has reportedly laid off approximately one quarter of its staff, impacting 60-70 employees as part of a larger 'Xbox reset'. The cuts affect various departments, including senior talent and the art director for The Outer Worlds. This follows a broader announcement of 3200 layoffs at Xbox, with leadership citing a need to course-correct after ambitious bets on Game Pass and multi-platform strategies did not yield expected results.
- Entities
- Company: Xbox Game Studios
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Pentiment
- Company: Obsidian Entertainment
- Topic: Layoffs
- Game: Avowed
- Game: The Outer Worlds 2
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: Grounded
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