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Following Microsoft's latest mass layoffs that affected around 9,000 people--including dramatic cuts at Xbox--CEO Satya Nadella sent a memo to staff that was shared on Microsoft's blog. In the memo to ...
The thousands of recently terminated Microsoft employees, navigating one of the company's largest layoffs in years amid a ...
Microsoft is set to layoff thousands of employees worldwide Wednesday, including some in the Microsoft Gaming division.
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.
While the knock-on effect of these layoffs is still being felt, some in the industry are speaking out about Xbox's impact at large. Most recently, it was the Game Pass model in the line of fire.
Xbox has achieved a record-breaking $23 billion in annual revenue throughout FY25, driven by content and services, Game Pass, ...
Xbox head Phil Spencer is not planning to retire “anytime soon”. In response to retirement rumours that emerged amid the latest Xbox division layoffs, Microsoft communications head Kari Perez ...
A Microsoft spokesperson said the Xbox team did not absorb the majority of the layoffs, but given its relatively small size in the organization, that framing may not accurately reflect the ...
Sea of Thieves studio Rare is the next Xbox studio to respond to the recent Microsoft layoffs and in this case, specifically the cancelation of the action-adventure game Everwild.
As expected, layoffs at Microsoft and Xbox did happen this week, and they were unbelievably brutal. Approximately 9,000 people reportedly got laid off, multiple games were canceled, and entire ...
I think it would be strange to jump straight into our usual updates without acknowledging the news that we've ended development on Everwild here at Rare. While this ...