As a result, XBOX Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty officially announced that the company would conduct a new round of layoffs and reorganization, resulting in 268 deaths.
This includes employees at Halo Studios and other studios, as well as management and central departments at XBOX Game Studios. Taking into account the measures taken in July, through “The restructuring is about three-quarters complete”currently hosted by Asha Sharma.
Many studios were also shaken sequentially “Strengthening franchises and games by reducing the number of business units, integrating teams that already work closely together, and centralizing publishing expertise”.
- Activision has acquired control of World’s Edge and Rare, with a new specially formed team set to develop the next installment of Halo. A small team at Halo Studios will handle community and support for existing games in the series;
- Obsidian has merged with Bethesda Softworks and will continue to develop ongoing projects with Bethesda Game Studios, including Grounded and a new Fallout game;
- King’s casual games team includes Microsoft Casual Games;
- After a decade of creative collaboration, Playground and Turn 10, the makers of Forza Horizon and Forza, have become a studio focused solely on the Forza and Fable series.
Well, there are some similarities to events in July: In August, Compulsion and Double Fine returned under the control of their own management, retaining the intellectual property, a portfolio of published games, and funding for further activities. The same will be true for Undead Labs, which will release State of Decay 3 on Game Pass on launch day with the support of the new publisher.
Two separate deals involving Ninja Theory fell through. Consultations with staff have begun on the possibility of closing the studio, but other options are being considered. Consultation on Arkane is ongoing and will continue until the end of the year. Booti has set a comprehensive collection for all XBOX Studios for October 6th, “Evaluate the results achieved and discuss the prospects associated with one of the most powerful gaming series in history” company.
