Id Software veteran of over 20 years absolutely rips and tears into Microsoft after devastating layoffs: "XBOX decided half the team was no longer needed"

Microsoft to lay off 4,800 after getting 2,273 foreign worker visas

A popular U.S.-based gaming brand owned by Microsoft is facing fury after mass employee layoffs occurred in the wake of the company being approved for thousands of foreign worker visas. Microsoft announced that it will lay off 4,800 people total and 1,600 from the corporation’s XBOX division, which makes and sells the dominant video game []...Click to read more

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.

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

"We are the best allies to game devs": Skyrim modder shows solidarity with laid off Bethesda workers by draping union logos across Tamriel

You've heard about Microsoft's mass layoffs by now. The last few days have been filled with stories of how these cuts are affecting different studios both still and formerly owned by Xbox, with even Elder Scrolls 6 developers Bethesda not being spared, regardless of that series being one their corporate overlords are determined to squeeze more out of going forwards. Thankfully, those overlords are reciving some pushback, with unionised Bethesda staff planning protest rallies and a modder using their talents to offer players a way of showing solidarity. Read more

Xbox cuts 3,200 jobs as gaming business struggles

Xbox is hitting the reset button. Microsoft 's video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20 of its staff over the next year, as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company's lagging games division. The cuts are ...