Xbox After The Layoffs: Studios Left And What They’re Making

Xbox has undergone significant restructuring, including layoffs and the divestment of five studios, as it aims to increase profitability and focus on major intellectual properties. This shake-up impacts numerous development teams and projects across Xbox Game Studios, Activision, Blizzard, and Bethesda, with a renewed focus on core franchises and a shift in business strategies like the exclusion of Call of Duty from Xbox Game Pass day-one launches.

• COMPANY King
• GAME Minecraft
• GAME Age of Empires IV
• COMPANY Xbox Game Studios
• GAME Sea Of Thieves
• COMPANY id Software
• COMPANY Microsoft
• COMPANY Blizzard Entertainment
• COMPANY Demonware
• COMPANY Activision
• COMPANY Playground Games
• PLATFORM Unreal Engine 5
• COMPANY High Moon Studios
• GAME Minecraft Blast
• COMPANY Turn 10
• GAME Deathloop