Studio head Jo Burba is among the layoffs
Joshua Khane said that Microsoft deleted his 25-year-old account that included his One Drive, all his digital games, and his son's baby pictures after it was hacked
‘Really how much more ray tracing can you put in there?’
'I think a certain energy around innovation, a certain desire towards differentiation, these things become a bit muted in a world with one dominant player'
The call comes with more big cuts still to come
Zenimax Online Studios is now reportedly about the same size it was when it shipped the Summerset expansion
Microsoft reportedly assigned 12 lawyers to argue over $400 and some video games
Obsidian is reportedly still working on Avowed 2 as it spins up a new Fallout
The studio just shipped an expansion for Doom: The Dark Ages
Gnarly water Kelly Slater, most excellent dude
'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear. We won't let that happen'
The group will 'assess the economic impact of new general-purpose technologies' like AI
Laid off developers fear the studio's id Tech engine has no future
The shake-up comes as part of Xbox's latest mass layoffs
The Bethesda Games Studios Union shared images of the now-removed display featuring photos of fired devs
Toys For Bob isn't working on a new Banjo game, but they sure sound ready and willing
According to Dan Callan, former Xbox lead Don Mattrick wanted a real-money auction house added to Halo 4
Microsoft's gaming ambitions still go way beyond living room hardware
Chris Munson was a 15-year veteran of Microsoft
Xbox owns a lot of studios across the globe; here's which ones are still active and which are not as of July 2026
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