Microsoft is laying off thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

Last week saw brutal layoffs at the Windows and Xbox publisher Microsoft, with the company letting over 9,000 people go. Its Xbox division was impacted significantly by the cuts, with Rare's Everwild ...

Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...

These changes come at a time when we have more players, games, and gaming hours than ever before,” said Xbox head Phil ...

Rumours of Phil Spencer retiring surfaced following widespread layoffs at Microsoft that impacted several teams at Xbox.

With numerous canceled games and a shuttered studio, the Xbox cuts were still less than half of the 9,000 lost jobs ...

Developers are increasingly questioning whether Xbox Game Pass is a bad deal for the entire industry after a huge wave of ...

For the fourth time in the last 18-months, the Xbox Gaming division has been hit with another set of massive layoffs and game ...

Amid widespread layoffs in Microsoft’s gaming division, Rare’s long-in-development Everwild has been canceled, nixing another ...

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Amid sweeping layoffs at Microsoft’s gaming studios, an Xbox executive has urged employees affected by the job cuts to seek advice and emotional support from AI chatbots. “No Al tool is a replacement ...