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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 ...
Romero Games has lost funding for its next, unannounced game, with one staffer claiming the 'whole studio' has been laid off due to Microsoft cuts
Multiple games have also been canceled, including Perfect Dark, Everwild, and an unannounced MMO from The Elder Scrolls ...
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Microsoft to lay off about 9,000 workers
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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Microsoft's largest layoff in years hits Xbox, sales and other divisions
A memo to gaming division employees Wednesday from Xbox CEO Phil Spencer said the cuts would position the video game business “for enduring success and allow us to focus on strategic growth areas.” ...
Xbox cuts have killed a studio Microsoft didn’t even own
The unidentified publisher behind John Romero’s next project has turned out to be Microsoft… which means yet more bad news in ...