Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport developer hit hard by Xbox cuts

Microsoft announced layoffs contiguous affecting as galore arsenic 9,000 employees, and arsenic portion of the changes, much than 70 radical volition beryllium fto spell astatine Forza Motorsport developer Turn 10 Studios, according to a root acquainted with the situation.

The cuts were made connected a telephone with Microsoft HR representatives this morning, and are hitting the “vast majority” of the studio. One root described the layoffs arsenic leaving capable radical down to support Forza Motorsport up and running.

Managers astatine Turn 10 didn’t sermon task plans connected the telephone this morning, and Microsoft didn’t instantly respond to a request, from The Verge, for remark connected the situation.

Here’s the database of different games that are reportedly affected by Microsoft’s cuts.

• Rare has canceled Everwild, which was archetypal announced in 2019, VGC and Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier report.
• Zenimax Online Studios has canceled a caller MMORPG codenamed Blackbird, Schreier says. Windows Central is “investigating reports from our sources” astir the cancellation.
• Microsoft is canceling its caller Perfect Dark crippled that it announced in 2020, according to an interior memo from Xbox Games Studio caput Matt Booty today. The institution showed disconnected gameplay during the 2024 Xbox Games Showcase, but astatine the time, didn’t supply a merchandise model for the game.

Microsoft-owned King was besides affected by the layoffs, with astir 10 percent of its employees being fto go. Raven Software, which works connected the Call of Duty series, was impacted arsenic well.

“To presumption Gaming for enduring occurrence and let america to absorption connected strategical maturation areas, we volition extremity oregon alteration enactment successful definite areas of the concern and travel Microsoft’s pb successful removing layers of absorption to summation agility and effectiveness,” Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer says successful a memo to employees.

Last year, Microsoft shut down the studios down Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush arsenic portion of a “reprioritization of titles and resources.”