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2026-07-09 7 stories
- Even The Elder Scrolls 6 is affected by Xbox layoffs, say Bethesda employees, as "key" people are let go and morale bottoms out 8 sources
- Microsoft filing shows total ZeniMax layoffs at 379, with over half coming from Elder Scrolls Online studio that's lost at least 60% of its staff in the past year 3 sources
- Fallout: New Vegas studio Obsidian reportedly moved onto a new Fallout game by Xbox, but at the cost of a sequel to Avowed 3 sources
- Fallout 76 Updates Could Stop ‘Without External Studio’, It’s Suggested 2 sources
- On the podcast: King and the Xbox cuts, Meta’s ‘TikTok for games’, alot of Scopely news, game closures, MTG, more
- Laid-Off MindsEye Developers Plan Protest Outside Company Office Over 'All-Expenses-Paid Playtest Day'
- Doubts Microsoft Would Be Able to Sell Off Xbox in Its Entirety Even if It Wanted To, but Big Companies May Try to Buy Parts of It
2026-07-08 16 stories
- New Fallout Game Is New Focus For New Vegas Developer Obsidian Entertainment – Report 12 sources
- XBOX Layoffs See 136 People Let Go At ID Software 7 sources
- Workers at MindsEye studio protesting controversial fan event this weekend after multiple rounds of layoffs 3 sources
- You're invited to Destiny's cursed unofficial final raid: Pete Carsons' Vault of Cars 2 sources
- Xbox Kills Obsidian’s Avowed Sequel In The Wake Of Layoffs – Report 2 sources
- Opinion: Welcome to the house of pain, brought to you by Xbox 2 sources
- id Software Was Reportedly 'Toying With' Pitches for a New Perfect Dark, a John Wick-Inspired Game, and More Before Layoffs 2 sources
- Bernie Sanders Rips Microsoft For Xbox Layoffs And Price Hikes 2 sources
- 'Used, abused, and discarded:' CWA Canada slams Microsoft over handling of Bethesda layoffs 2 sources
- Xbox's Bethesda layoffs include the artist responsible for designing Skyrim's khajiit and argonians, who had been at the company for 27 years
- Xbox boss Asha Sharma pins layoffs on Phil Spencer's regime spreading the company "too thin", while claiming a "a healthy Xbox" could weather the RAM storm
- Players prove Destiny 2 can still produce wonders with discovery of poopy pants transmog
- If Microsoft sold off Xbox, who would even buy it?
- Doom's new Chain Spear weapon seems to be dividing The Dark Ages' audience - "I'm like an hour in and I can't wait to get the shield back"
- Blizzard eliminates 'small number' of roles in China
- Bethesda union says company HR forced staff to remove a display honoring their laid-off colleagues
2026-07-07 15 stories
- Xbox Layoffs Announced: 1600 Now, 1600 More into 2028, Four Studios Leave and id Software Reportedly Gutted 20 sources
- Latest Xbox layoffs hit id Software as Doom: The Dark Ages' DLC launches, around half of the staff potentially cut 15 sources
- IO Interactive regains full ownership of Project Fantasy following end of Xbox deal, shuts down Istanbul studio and lays off developers "to find a new balance" 11 sources
- Xbox Game Pass New Games For July Revealed 7 sources
- Xbox Game Pass subscription numbers are reportedly well below where Microsoft wants them to be 4 sources
- The Outer Worlds and Fallout New Vegas studio Obsidian is reportedly losing a quarter of its staff in Xbox layoffs 4 sources
- The Elder Scrolls Online studio reportedly suffers a second large wave of layoffs in a year, with "up to half" of the team impacted 4 sources
- State of Decay 3 may no longer launch into Game Pass, now that Microsoft is letting developer Undead Labs go 4 sources
- What exactly is going on with Marvel's Blade? Arkane Lyon's fate remains unclear in the wake of Xbox's controversial 'reset' 3 sources
- Xbox Layoffs Included 37-Year Veteran Who Designed One Of Xbox’s Best Features Ever 2 sources
- It looks like Blizzard's escaped Xbox's grim reset scythe for now, though there's still time to be caught in the second 1600-strong layoff wave coming 2027
- Compulsion Games, Double Fine & Undead Labs Issue Xbox Departure Statements
- Bethesda pivots to "franchise-centric" planning model amid Xbox restructure
- As layoffs continue to ravage the games industry, a union across North America establishes a fund to help those impacted by it
- 'They Will Report Directly To Me' - Mojang And King Singled Out By Xbox Boss
2026-07-06 11 stories
- Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in "most significant" Xbox restructuring in history 24 sources
- Xbox layoffs: jobs lost at Bethesda, more reported at id Software 14 sources
- Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants the company to "entertain more than a billion people" every day: here's why that's a deeply unrealistic thing to say 8 sources
- Independent again: Double Fine and Compulsion react to leaving Xbox and taking all their games with them 7 sources
- State Of Decay And Hellblade Devs Are Being Sold, But Buyers Remain Mysterious For Now 6 sources
- Here’s What’s Going On With Marvel’s Blade And Its Developer Amid Xbox “Reset” 6 sources
- Xbox CEO Admits Game Pass Has Not Worked Out, Reportedly Lost Millions Of Subscribers Since 2024 5 sources
- Report: Obsidian losing around one quarter of its staff to 'Xbox reset' 4 sources
- XBOX CEO Thinks Minecraft Is ‘Massively Underinvested’ 2 sources
- Xbox Layoffs “Heavily Impact” The Accessibility Team, Too
- Has Senua Been Canceled? Ninja Theory XBOX Split, Explained