Microsoft weighs Xbox shakeup: Blade cancellation and Arkane sale amid layoffs
TL;DR
Microsoft plans a wave of Xbox layoffs, weighing closures of at least five studios (including the Blade team) and a sale of Arkane as part of a broader cost-cutting restructuring under new CEO Asha Sharma.
- Xbox weighs canceling Blade game and shuttering Arkane The Verge
- CWA-represented workers at Xbox criticize Microsoft management and pending layoffs GamesBeat
- Xbox Layoffs Could Be the “Largest in Gaming History,” Says Insider VICE
- Layoffs Looming, Xbox Union Members Argue For Transparency And Good-Faith Bargaining Engadget
- Contracts Are Already Being Cut At Xbox On The Eve Of Mass Layoffs Kotaku
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