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Microsoft layoffs hit Xbox division hard

Microsoft’s Xbox CEO Just Explained Why the Company Is Laying Off 9,000 People. It’s Not Great

Earlier this week, Microsoft confirmed it was laying off 9,000 people, according to The Seattle Times. This follows a round of layoffs in May, and brings the total number to more than 15,000 people company-wide.

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Microsoft’s largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions

Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

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Xbox Hit With Layoffs and Game Cancellations as Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Jobs

These changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” said Xbox head Phil Spencer in an email to staff.

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Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios

At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according ...

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Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs

We are excited to be heading to Gamescom 2025 in Cologne, Germany, again this year! If you will also be attending, we are ...

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Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects

Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...

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Microsoft continues Xbox layoffs, with jobs cut at King, Turn 10, ZeniMax Media, and more — read Phil Spencer's note to staff

Microsoft is again laying people off from its Xbox division, this time at mobile game developer King, with Bloomberg reporting that around 10% of the studio is being cut, or 200 jobs. Schreier also ...

AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox

Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...

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Xbox was funding Romero Games' new game, but layoffs have left the project in crisis

The news was initially confirmed in a statement signed by Brenda Romero and posted on X. “Last night, we learned that our ...

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Xbox Boss 'Not Retiring Anytime Soon,' Microsoft Promises

Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has been in charge of Xbox for over a decade and the company says he’s not leaving anytime ...

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