Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close

Microsoft is laying disconnected astir 260 Xbox employees today, arsenic portion of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs successful July, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma describing the cuts arsenic "the astir important restructure successful Xbox history." Today's layoffs are portion of the 3,200 roles that were antecedently confirmed to beryllium impacted implicit the people of Microsoft's 2027 fiscal twelvemonth (which ends successful June 2027).

"We are eliminating 268 roles crossed Halo Studios, different first-party studios, and the XGS absorption and cardinal functions layer," says Xbox main contented serviceman Matt Booty in a memo. "The actions completed since …

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