🌐 World · English ▾
Current: 🌐 World · English
Global
Focused
Language
Saturday 24 October
🌐 World · English ▾
Current: 🌐 World · English
Global
Focused
Language

Xbox Lays Off Another 268 Employees, Assigns Activision to Next ‘Halo’ Game

United States
The brief

The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division to the roughly three-quarter mark of its ongoing restructuring initiative thewrap.com/">TheWrap. The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division to the roughly three-quarter mark of its ongoing restructuring initiative thewrap.com/">TheWrap.S1
  • The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.S2
  • Xbox is also set to undergo a 'studio reorg', where it will merge its teams with the goal of consolidating upon its franchises and games by operating fewer business units.S3
  • The Microsoft-owned gamemaker is in the process of eliminating 3,200 jobs.S4
Timeline · newest first
1mo Thewrap

Xbox Lays Off Another 268 Employees, Assigns Activision to Next ‘Halo’ Game

The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division to the roughly three-quarter mark of its ongoing restructuring initiative thewrap.com/">TheWrap.

1mo BBC

Call of Duty's Activision to make next Halo game as Xbox cuts more jobs

The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.

1mo Feedburner:ndtvprofit Latest

Xbox Lays Off 268 Employees Affecting Halo Studios; Activision To Develop Upcoming Video Game

Xbox is also set to undergo a 'studio reorg', where it will merge its teams with the goal of consolidating upon its franchises and games by operating fewer business units.

1mo Hollywoodreporter

More Xbox Layoffs Hit as Massive Reorg Continues; Activision to Make Next ‘Halo’ Game

The Microsoft-owned gamemaker is in the process of eliminating 3,200 jobs.

Xbox Lays Off Another 268 Employees, Assigns Activision to Next ‘Halo’ Game

4 outlets 4 reports
The brief

The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division to the roughly three-quarter mark of its ongoing restructuring initiative thewrap.com/">TheWrap. The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall. Key points and original sources are listed below.

  • The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division to the roughly three-quarter mark of its ongoing restructuring initiative thewrap.com/">TheWrap.S1
  • The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.S2
  • Xbox is also set to undergo a 'studio reorg', where it will merge its teams with the goal of consolidating upon its franchises and games by operating fewer business units.S3
  • The Microsoft-owned gamemaker is in the process of eliminating 3,200 jobs.S4
Timeline · newest first

Sources · 4 citations

S1 Thewrap 1 report · EN
S2 BBC 1 report · EN
S4 HollywoodreporterLead 1 report · EN