Xbox Layoffs Includes Backwards Compatibility Program and Cloud Gaming Lead
Xbox has undergone significant layoffs, impacting key figures like Kevin LaChapelle, vice president of Xbox Platform, who oversaw cloud gaming and the Xbox Backwards Compatibility Program. This move raises concerns about the future of game preservation and backwards compatibility efforts within the company, following earlier announcements of ending the program and then forming a new team for it. The layoffs also affected several studios, including Undead Labs, Ninja Theory, Double Fine Productions, and Compulsion Games.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Topic: Layoffs
- Topic: Backward Compatibility
- Company: Xbox
- Platform: Xbox Series X
- Platform: Xbox Series S
- Platform: PC
- Topic: Cloud Gaming
- Person: Kevin LaChapelle
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