More information is coming out about how these layoffs will hit Xbox studios
Microsoftconfirmed earlier todaythat it will be laying off 10,000 employees. Reports have since circulated about how those layoffs affect studios within Microsoft, including those behind some big Xbox games.
Bloombergreports that the Microsoft layoffs have affected workers at both 343 Industries and Bethesda, according to their sources. The scale of the cuts is not clear, but Bloomberg’s report notes that some of those affected include longtime Xbox veterans, who have been at the company for over a decade. In a follow-up tweet,Bloomberg’s Jason Schreiersays it sounds like theHalo Infiniteteam got “hit hard,” citing an email to staff from 343 head Pierre Hintze.
Kotaku also reports that 343 and Bethesda were affected, as well asGearsdeveloper The Coalition.
In addition to layoffs, it seems like movement is also being made around 343 Industries.Schreier reportsthat Joseph Staten, who wasbrought onto help bringHalo Infinitedevelopment to a close, is leaving 343 to return to Xbox Publishing.
More details have been emerging throughout the day about how these cuts have affected Microsoft.
A shift for Xbox
In apublic letteraddressing the cuts today, CEO Satya Nadella confirms the 10,000 layoffs will take place from now through Q3 of fiscal year 2023. The news arrives one year after Microsoft announced itsplan to purchaseActivision Blizzard, a deal which is currentlycaught upwith the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
