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Rock Paper Shotgun
· Jul 6, 14:31 UTC
Xbox are parting ways with Double Fine, Arkane, Undead Labs, Compulsion, and Ninja Theory in the course of thousands of layoffs
After weeks of uncertainty , Microsoft have finally revealed what their big Xbox business "reset" involves. Spoilers: it's not great! CEO Asha Sharma has announced that they will lay off 3200 people over the course of their next financial y…
Game Developer
· Jul 6, 14:01 UTC
Xbox cutting 3,200 jobs and parting ways with Double Fine, Compulsion, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs
'It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio.'
Wccftech
· Jul 6, 13:55 UTC
Asha Sharma’s Xbox Reset Cuts 3,200 Jobs as Compulsion and Double Fine Go Indie, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs Sold
The layoff hammer has finally fallen at Xbox, with CEO Asha Sharma herself announcing that the division will lose 3,200 employees through job cuts and four studio divestitures (plus a wildcard). The wildcard is Arkane Lyon, which the execut…