Xbox’s ‘reset’: all the news about Microsoft’s looming layoffs and studio closures
Highlights
- Xbox weighs canceling Blade game and shuttering Arkane
- Xbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffs
- Xbox exclusives are back and more complicated than ever
- Xbox will reportedly still publish Hideo Kojima’s OD.
007 First Light’s developer lays off staff but claims its next franchise will continue
Image: IO InteractiveIO Interactive, the studio behind the Hitman series and 007 First Light, announced that it is laying off staff after a relationship with an “external partner” on its next big franchise, Project Fantasy, “has come to an end.” IO has described Project Fantasy as an “online fantasy RPG”, and Kotaku and Bloomberg report that Microsoft, which is planning significant cuts as part of a broader “reset” of the Xbox business, was going to be the game’s publisher.It’s unclear how many people will be affected by IO’s “staffing decisions.” The company says “we are fully...
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