Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs
World's Edge, the studio managing the Age of Empires franchise, has reportedly lost nearly half its staff due to Microsoft's Xbox consolidation and layoffs. A new game project was also allegedly cancelled as part of these changes, which are part of a wider 'reset' of Microsoft's games business.
Rock Paper Shotgun
- Entities
- Age of Empires IV
- Xbox Game Studios
- Microsoft
- Andrew Martz
- Strategy Game
- Layoffs
- Activision Blizzard
- Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition
- World's Edge
- Age of Mythology: Retold
- Game Development
- Adam Isgreen
- Asha Sharma
- Earnest Yuen
- Age of Empires II
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