Xbox Boss Asha Sharma Announces 3,200 Layoffs, Including 1,600 Today, With 4 Studios Leaving for New Management — Read the Email to Staff in Full
IGN · 7 min read · studios
Microsoft is cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs across the fiscal year, with 1,600 layoffs effective immediately. Compulsion Games and Double Fine return to independence with IP ownership; Ninja Theory and Undead Labs join new ownership to complete Senua and State of Decay 3. Arkane Lyon enters consultation over its future. No publicly announced games are being cancelled.
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