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Microsoft has announced a massive restructuring of Xbox after rumors circulated that the company would be closing several of its video game studios

Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal shape of that “reset,” announcing plans for 3,200 layoffs and the divestment of five smaller studios that the company has spent years acquiring and shepherding

Microsoft is spinning off four of its Xbox game studios — Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs — as part of the restructuring announced today. However, two that are going independent, Double Fine and Compulsion, will get to keep their franchises and games catalog

Xbox has announced it is splitting from four of its development studios – Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs – while announcing plans to reduce headcount by over 3,000 employees over the next several months. 

Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs

Microsoft is eliminating 4,800 jobs, representing 2.1% of its workforce, with the company’s Xbox division losing about one-fifth of its staff in the software giant’s latest effort to cut costs in the era of artificial intelligence

Microsoft is testing an Xbox program called Disc2Digital that lets players turn compatible game discs into digital licenses on their accounts. A report from The Verge indicates that Xbox staff began internal tests earlier this year after “enable Disc2Digital” references appeared in the Xbox PC app code in May

Microsoft began executing the most sweeping round of gaming-sector job cuts in years on Monday, July 6 — the first day of its new fiscal year — as thousands of employees across Xbox, sales, and consulting received termination notices and five of the division’s first-party studios faced closure or forced sale. The cuts arrive on…

Grand Theft Auto VI remains on track to launch on November 19, with those who pick up the game on Xbox Series S consoles set for a worse experience

July is shaping up to be a promising month for Xbox Game Pass users, with a slate of compelling new additions and highly anticipated day-one releases scheduled to join the library. Yet, the excitement is tempered by the inevitable churn of the subscription model, as Microsoft prepares to remove more than a dozen games from…