As Xbox swings the axe, Gears of War: E-Day developers fear they'll be laid off straight after launch - and right before they'd be due their bonuses
Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm , with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement.
Back in July, new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced a total of 3,200 job cuts across Microsoft's gaming arm , with roughly half of those cuts being made alongside that announcement.
The short version
- Various developers at Xbox studios, including Activision, Bethesda, Id Software, Blizzard, Mojang, and King suffered layoffs.
- Double Fine and Compulsion were thrust into independence, while Dishonored 2 's Arkane Lyon, State of Decay 3 's Undead Labs, and Hellblade 's Ninja Theory entered terms for new ownership.
- "It's hard to believe anything they say anymore," Coalition devs tell Eurogamer.
What happened
It's worth noting that this sense of trepidation wasn't always the case. Before the latest round of Xbox layoffs, developers at The Coalition had been cautiously optimistic.
Why it matters
Naturally, the knowledge that Xbox still had many job cuts to go still had an impact on morale.
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