by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Xbox
Original article: This week’s huge wave of 4,800 layoffs across Microsoft have brought the largest ever series of cuts to Xbox in the brand’s history, with 3,200 roles axed and four studios split away from the company (and with Microsoft also reportedly in...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Xbox
Earlier this week, Microsoft initiated a large wave of 4,800 layoffs that hit the firm’s Xbox and gaming divisions particularly hard, with four studio divestitures and 3,200 cuts — 1,600 immediate, and 1,600 more coming in the next 12 months — striking in...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Xbox
Shortly after it was reported that Xbox’s RPG studio Obsidian Entertainment lost 25% of its workforce to Microsoft’s mass Xbox layoffs earlier this week, it’s come to light that the developer has moved on from other projects to work on a new Fallout...
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming
As the arcade racing video game genre is absolutely flying, EA, it seems, wants no part in it any longer. At least that’s how it appears if you read between the lines of a recent report from IGN at the studio responsible for much of the series, Criterion....
by nouman | Jul 14, 2026 | Gaming, Halo
I know Xbox is currently amid the biggest restructuring in its history, and yes, it all sucks, even if it’s probably a necessary change for the company’s future. Instead, though, I want to take you back to days gone by, when the infamous Don Mattrick was...
