Rund 30 Millionen statt der angepeilten 77 Millionen Abonnenten: Ein Bericht des Wall Street Journal zeigt massive Probleme beim Xbox Game Pass. (Xbox, Microsoft)
The recent layoffs at Microsoft, including deep cuts at Xbox, impacted 4,800 people across the business. One of the staffers let go was Kevin LaChapelle, a 37-year Microsoft veteran who helped bring to market one of the best, most-beloved features in Xbox console history: backwards compatibility. LaChapelle, who was the vice president of the Xbox […]
In the wake of mass layoffs at Xbox and several studios exiting the company, Microsoft’s gaming division has outlined it plans for growth. Some of these plans include a focus on its biggest IP, investing more in games like Minecraft, and removing several layers of management to streamline its studio model. One other major area […]
Microsoft’s mass layoffs had a heavy impact on the Xbox division, and Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, is one of many Xbox-owned studios where cuts were deep. Kotaku reports that between 60 and 70 people–roughly a quarter of the studio’s workforce–have been let go. The talent laid off includes producers, QA testers, […]
Amidst a lot of bad news at Xbox this week, the company has also revealed the first wave of titles being added to the Game Pass library in July 2026. This month’s new additions run across a wide variety of genres, and a day-one release is also mixed among them. Here’s a closer look at […]
Microsoft has announced the July lineup of games for Game Pass in its first announcement following the layoffs that ripped through the Xbox business yesterday.
1 Billion DAU! Following the announcement that Xbox will cut its workforce by 20%–with 1,600 employees already laid off in the first wave of retrenchments–Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has detailed plans for the company to reach an absurd number of people every day. „I want Xbox to be one of the few companies that entertains […]
Xbox trennt sich von etwa 3.200 Mitarbeitern, betroffen sind auch zahlreiche Entwickler aus zwei Bethesda-Studios.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has admitted Game Pass has failed to grow as Microsoft had expected, with reports indicating it is tens of millions of subscribers short of previous targets.
Nach den Xbox-Entlassungen werden nach und nach Details zu den betroffenen Studios bekannt. Besonders hart trifft es offenbar ID Software. (id Software, Microsoft)