Xbox cuts 3,200 staff as four studios to exit Microsoft – Arkane under review
Microsoft has announced significant layoffs affecting approximately 3,200 employees within its Xbox division, with 1,600 staff being let go immediately. Four studios, including Ninja Theory and Undead Labs, are becoming independent or being sold off, while Arkane Lyon's future is under review. This restructuring follows a period of rapid developer acquisitions and aims to refocus Xbox's business strategy.
- Entities
- Company: King
- Company: Xbox Game Studios
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: Hellblade II
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Game: Halo
- Game: Gears of War
- Topic: Studio Restructuring
- Topic: Business Strategy
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Game: South of Midnight
- Company: Activision Blizzard
- Company: Bethesda
- Company: Mojang
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