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Microsoft is consolidating Xbox Game Studios by placing franchises and development teams under Activision Blizzard and Bethesda, prompting an industry analyst to describe the shift as a reverse acquisition of the division.
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Satya Nadella described the substantial cuts and studio closures overseen by new Xbox chief Asha Sharma as necessary streamlining, while pledging the division will return to growth in fiscal 2027/28.
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Nearly half of World's Edge Studio was laid off as part of Microsoft's latest Xbox reorganization. The studio's next game has been canceled, and the developer now reports to Activision.
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Hideo Kojima's stealth game Physint will cost Xbox significantly less than the $400 million budget he originally quoted to Sony, according to multiple industry sources.
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Xbox's current Open World sale features major discounts on games including Starfield and Assassin's Creed Shadows, alongside heavily reduced Game Pass titles. A concurrent Ubisoft sale offers up to 85-90% off select games.
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Satya Nadella praised Xbox's restructuring under CEO Asha Sharma, calling the ongoing cost-cutting efforts "great to see" despite hundreds of job losses and major studio reorganizations across the division.
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The sequel to Minecraft's dungeon crawler RPG introduces major gameplay changes including the ability to jump, a fully interconnected world, and new item and gear progression systems. Design Director Laura De Llorens discusses how community feedback
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Xbox's announcement that Activision will develop the next mainline Halo game, with a reduced team at Halo Studios supporting current titles, has cast doubt on a potential Halo 2 remake that was teased in Halo: Campaign Evolved.
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A newly reported patent from Microsoft describes a content management system that would suspend gameplay to display ads, with a credit system allowing players to earn ad-free time.
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Reviews for Gears of War: E-Day will go live October 1 at 6 AM PT, ahead of the game's early access launch on October 2 and full release on October 6.
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Microsoft pulled the plug on Halo Studios' next mainline entry due to its distant timeline. The studio faced leadership changes and technical setbacks that delayed progress, according to sources cited by The Verge. Activision now leads Halo's future under
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In now-deleted social media posts, Shannon Loftis, a former director at World's Edge with 29 years at Microsoft, questioned Xbox CEO Asha Sharma's management style following recent studio layoffs, contrasting her stated commitment to clarity with the
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