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Following 15k in 2025: Microsoft cuts 4,800 job as it revamps Xbox
Nearly 5,000 employees will lose their jobs as tech giant Microsoft restructures its Xbox business and doubles down on artificial intelligence.
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The Next Web
· Jul 6, 2026
Microsoft guts Xbox: 3,200 jobs cut and five studios divested, two of them European
Microsoft told its Xbox staff the truth in blunt terms: the business “is not healthy.” The fix? 3,200 job cuts, five studios out the door, two of them European. Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma laid it out in an official memo on Monday. She called it the most significant restructure in the division’s history. Xbox [] This story continues at The Next Web
AMBCrypto
· Jul 11, 2026
Sky Protocol prints record $419mln revenue – Will 2026 keep favoring it?
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BoingBoing
· Jun 30, 2026
Mass layoffs expected at Xbox, as prices go up
Microsoft's gaming division is having a rough time of it, having sold fewer consoles this generation than Sony and the game industry's general troubles pinching its ambitions. New Xbox chief Asha Sharma, who took the role in February, published an internal memo acknowledging a roughly 500 million revenue decline over five years and profits far short of expectations. — Read the rest The post Mass layoffs expected at Xbox, as prices go up appeared first on Boing Boing.
iPhone in Canada
· Jun 25, 2026
Xbox Prices in Canada Are About to Jump Again. Here’s What to Buy Before August 1.
Microsoft is bumping up Xbox prices again. Starting August 1, 2026, the 512GB models go up by 100 US (about 142 CAD after exchange rates) and the 1TB models go up by 150 US (about 213 CAD after exchange rates). The 2TB model is also getting discontinued entirely. This isn’t the first time this has [] The post Xbox Prices in Canada Are About to Jump Again. Here’s What to Buy Before August 1. first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
The Tribune
· Jul 6, 2026
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs in Xbox-led gaming shake-up
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1 per cent of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganisation designed to “reset” Xbox as it faces heightened competition, the company said Monday. “Our []
Rock Paper Shotgun
· Jul 1, 2026
Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line
Despite yesterday bringing more news of Xbox backing out of funding deals and considering putting studios on the chopping block, the company insist such moves aren't a sign that the mass cuts they've reportedly got in the works are a sign of them scaling back how much cash they're pumping into making games. At the same time, a new report claims that the layoffs wider Microsoft have planned are projected to affect less than 2.5 of the corp's overall workforce, not that that'll soften the blow by any stretch of the imagination. Read more
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Related coverage for "Following 15k in 2025: Microsoft cuts 4,800 job as it revamps Xbox": The Next Web — Microsoft guts Xbox: 3,200 jobs cut and five studios divested, two of them European. AMBCrypto — Sky Protocol prints record $419mln revenue – Will 2026 keep favoring it?. BoingBoing — Mass layoffs expected at Xbox, as prices go up. iPhone in Canada — Xbox Prices in Canada Are About to Jump Again. Here’s What to Buy Before August 1.. The Tribune — Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs in Xbox-led gaming shake-up. Rock Paper Shotgun — Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line