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Earlier this year, Xbox performed a massive wave of layoffs, eliminating 1,600 roles and sharing that more cuts would come soon. Today, those cuts have come: Xbox has announced it is laying off 268 roles across its first-party studios, XGS management, and central functions layer. Halo Studios in particular has been significantly impacted, and today’s…

Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox employees in Washington state. It’s part of a broader reduction in force affecting 500 to 600 workers, according to a company spokesperson.

Globant (GLOB) entered into a Master Services Agreement with TCI Entertainment to support development of TCI’s patented interactive commerce technology platform.

Roblox Corp (NYSE:RBLX) used its annual developer conference to lay out a multi-pronged push to expand its player base, ease game creation and address safety concerns, according to analyst notes from Jefferies and Wedbush.

At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, Disney Games demonstrated how Disney is shaping the future of interactive entertainment with a slate of announcements led byKINGDOM HEARTS, Marvel’s Wolverine, and the next benchmark moment in their ongoing collaboration with Epic Games.

In December 2024, Walmart did something perhaps out of character: It helped start a video gaming news website.

Restart, a games outlet funded by Walmart, was hit by widespread layoffs today. According to affected staffers, the site’s entire editorial team has been let go.

1047 Games, the studio behind the Spligate series, has reportedly laid off staff weeks after the release of its latest shooter,Empulse.

On July 6, Originator Inc. celebrated the release ofPaw Patrol: The Game, a free-to-play mobile game based onthe popular children’s animated show. Two days later, its parent company Spin Master—which produces the show—laid off the entire studio