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Microsoft Plans Another Round Of Layoffs Just Months After Axing Thousands Of Jobs

Microsoft is reportedly planning another round of layoffs, affecting less than 2.5% of its workforce, as it continues to invest heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

International Business Times UK

Fable was easily one of the best things I saw at Summer Game Fest 2026, and I can’t wait to explore all of its rabbit holes and meet all its talking pigs

I still can’t get over Fable’s enormous potential and branching possibilities, along with its madcap cast of full-fledged NPCs

TechRadar

Microsoft Layoffs Affecting Thousands Could Be 'The Largest in Gaming History': 5 Xbox Studios at Risk

Microsoft's upcoming job cuts across Xbox, sales, and consulting relate to its $100 billion AI investment. Learn which five gaming studios are at risk and the potential impact on the gaming industry.

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Microsoft expected to lay off thousands in what has become an annual July restructuring

Thousands of Microsoft employees face job cuts next week as the company initiates another round of July layoffs. The reported restructuring will eliminate up to 2.5% of the workforce, primarily targeting roles within sales, consulting, and Xbox.

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Microsoft to Cut Thousands Across Sales, Consulting and Xbox as Fiscal Year Ends — Are You At Risk?

Microsoft plans to cut under 2.5% of its workforce next week across sales, consulting, and Xbox, with agency contractors already laid off before the fiscal year even closed.

International Business Times UK

Xbox Layoffs to Shut Down Arkane, Cancel 'Marvel's Blade' Development, Says Report

Xbox's massive layoffs include the shutdown of Arkane, and with it comes the cancelation of Marvel's Blade, as per reports.

Player One

Microsoft to cut under 2.5% of workforce in latest layoffs: report

U.S. companies ‌have continued ⁠to trim ⁠headcount in recent months, with a fresh wave of layoffs across the technology, media and finance sectors as firms rein in costs, while investing heavily in AI infrastructure.

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Xbox pulls funding for 007 First Light dev's new fantasy RPG, prompting layoffs as Microsoft insists "we're not reducing our overall investment in games"

"What's changing is where we're investing and the kinds of projects we're backing," Microsoft says after IO Interactive withdrawal

GamesRadar

Fresh off of dumping on Xbox's flailing, former Sony exec says PlayStation's pullback from PC releases doesn't make any sense either

Shawn Layden is a man with opinions, and now that he's out of the game he doesn't mind sharing them.

PC Gamer

IO of '007: First Light' and 'Hitman' fame announces that it's lost the backing of Xbox for its 'Project Fantasy' IP — Confirmed.

IO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007: First Light, announces that it is no longer working with Xbox, who have been helping it build its original 'Project Fantasy' IP, feeding the fires of rumors regarding potential layoffs coming to Xbox Game Studios soon.

Windows Central

Xbox is reportedly weighing up Marvel's Blade for cancellation amid planned restructuring

A new report claims Xbox is considering canceling Marvel's Blade as part of a wider restructuring that could include layoffs, studio mergers, and potential spinoffs. Arkane's future is also reportedly under review, although no final decisions have been confirmed.

Windows Central

Ahead of next week's expected Xbox bloodbath, IO Interactive loses funding for its online fantasy RPG

The studio says it remains "100% committed" to Project Fantasy, but its future is now very uncertain.

PC Gamer

Xbox could cancel Marvel's Blade and close Arkane in July bloodbath, report says, or the studio may be sold off

Blade is reportedly over budget and delayed

GamesRadar

PS5 is reportedly so far ahead of Xbox Series X that it gets up to 80% of launch sales for AAA single-player console games, though Xbox denies a huge split on GTA 6 pre-orders

Resident Evil Requiem, Crimson Desert, and 007 First Light made most of their console sales on PS5

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"The coolest hardware I've seen in years" - this flight sim gamepad is coming to Xbox, but PS5 players probably shouldn't hold their breath

Honeycomb is bringing its Echo Aviation Controller to Xbox platforms, but I'm not optimistic about PS5 players who are patiently waiting.

Destructoid

Impending XBOX restructuring could reportedly be the ‘largest single layoff event in gaming history’

Somehow, even more dark days lie ahead.

International Business Times UK

'They're Just Choosing Not to Protect Us': 3,500+ Xbox Union Workers Blast Microsoft Over Imminent Mass Layoffs

Xbox union workers criticise Microsoft for failing to protect employees amid expected job cuts, highlighting contradictions in its labour neutrality framework and calling for stronger workforce protections.

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It's not just Sony, even Rockstar says GTA 6 "plays best on PS5," with Xbox omitted entirely from one new ad

Some are shocked that Rockstar "didn't even acknowledge the existence of Xbox Series" in a new post

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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced targets 60 FPS on Xbox Series X, but Series S misses out — limited to 30 FPS

Ubisoft has revealed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced's console performance modes and PC requirements ahead of launch. Xbox Series X supports 60FPS, while Xbox Series S is limited to a single 30FPS mode despite featuring ray tracing.

Windows Central

Xbox reportedly funded the creator of Assassin's Creed's next game — before pulling out: Was it a missed opportunity?

A new report claims Xbox initially funded 1666: Amsterdam, the next game from Assassin's Creed creator Patrice Désilets, before pulling support. With a playable demo now available and reactions mixed, only time will tell whether Microsoft made the right decision.

Windows Central

"It's very likely": I hope this 60 FPS rumor for GTA 6 on Xbox Series X and S is true

A new GTA 6 rumor suggests Rockstar is planning 30fps and 60fps graphical modes for Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, while a 60fps mode for Xbox Series S is reportedly still being worked on.

TechRadar

If you kill every Fable NPC, Playground Games says the world will 'stay empty for some time' before being repopulated by 'full NPCs'

Playground Games has confirmed that if Fable players, for some reason, decide to kill every NPC in a settlement, they will repopulate over time.

Player One

Sony Officially Responds to PS6 Release Date Speculations—Is It Coming Next Year?

A Sony executive has shared his official response to rumors and speculations regarding the PlayStation 6's release date.

Windows Central

Xbox's reported layoffs may now be impacting companies it doesn't even own [UPDATED]

Bloomberg reports that Xbox's main PR agency, Assembly, is laying off employees, separate from Microsoft cutting vendors ahead of a wider Xbox restructuring.

PC Gamer

Xbox marketing takes embarrassing turn with new Call of Duty ads loudly disclaiming 'NOT ON XBOX GAME PASS THIS YEAR'

My 'NOT ON XBOX GAME PASS THIS YEAR' ad has people wondering a lot of things about my business strategy already clarified by my ad.

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