Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie
Microsoft is implementing massive layoffs at Xbox while transitioning studios Double Fine and Compulsion to independent status.
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The brief
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, with the majority of these reductions impacting Xbox. As part of these shifts, former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion are becoming independent entities.
Coverage from USA Today, KRON4, and Fast Company emphasizes the scale of the workforce cuts and includes communications sent by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to employees. The Verge reports that Double Fine and Compulsion will retain their games following their transition to indie studios.
Further developments center on the impact of the layoffs and the operational status of the newly independent studios.
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Quick answers
How many jobs is Microsoft cutting?
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs.
Which studios are going indie?
Double Fine and Compulsion are the studios transitioning to independent status.
Who is the CEO of Xbox?
Asha Sharma is the CEO of Xbox.
Coverage (7)
- Xbox announces massive layoffs, sale of multiple studios The Washington Post · 10h ago
- Microsoft workers in Australia to be caught up in 4,800 global job cuts ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation · 10h ago
- Xbox Laying Off 3,200 and Dropping 4 Studios in 'Reset' of Microsoft's Games Strategy CNET · 10h ago
- Xbox hit hard as Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs USA Today · 10h ago
- Microsoft layoffs: Read the email Xbox CEO Asha Sharma sent employees Fast Company · 10h ago
- Microsoft cutting thousands of jobs, mostly at Xbox KRON4 · 10h ago
- Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie The Verge · 10h ago
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