The big Xbox Layoffs Subscribe to Pocket Gamer on Xbox President Sarah Bond at Bloomberg Live, discussing the future of Xbox Gaming across all platforms (The conversation started by discussing the move to bring an Xbox Storefront to mobile) Connor DerrickI'm back and forth, especially with ...
Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced the layoffs to employees in an internal memo this morning, seen byThe Verge. The cuts are related to the Activision Blizzard deal, and Spencer makes it clear in his email that “no games, devices or experiences are being cancelled” and no studios are being...
Microsoft has announced a new wave of layoffs within its Microsoft Gaming division, impacting around 650 employees. This follows a previous round of cuts several months ago, during which the company laid off 1,900 workers from Activision Blizzard and Xbox, and shut down several game studios, inc...
Microsoft’s Xbox division has gone through with another round of layoffs, which affect 650 people, with the cuts mostly to “corporate and supporting functions” as announced by Xbox boss Phil Spencer.
Alongside the layoffs, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has decided to leave the company. “As many of you know, Mike previously spent more than 20 years at Microsoft. Now that he has seen the acquisition through as Blizzard’s president, he has decided to leave the company,” says Microsoft’...
Many are still reeling from the Xbox layoffs that happened yesterday, and as we dive deeper into what Microsoft did and didn’t do, it’s becoming clear that these 650 releases were far more than meets the eye. For example, Phil Spencer stated that most of the people released were...
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Normally, big layoffs are good news for a company, but not today and not for tech giant Microsoft (MSFT). With Microsoft poised to lay off 650 people from the Xbox unit, the huge cost-cutting measure still was not enough to keep it from a fractional loss in Thursday afternoon’s trading...
The recalibration has been accelerated thanks to a massive wave of layoffs that has roiled the video game industry. We covered theimpact these layoffshave on those who create games before and as thousands of applications flood the inboxes of the few companies looking to hire, it’s likely many...
Xbox has had a rough year. From the divisive reactions to itsmultiplatform plansto layoffs and theshuttering of lauded studioslike Tango Gameworks, there hasn’t been much of a reason to be excited for Xbox recently. Microsoft is hoping to change that on Sunday as it will hold its annual ...