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Bernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs

The senator from Vermont is pretty chapped about the price hikes, too.

PC Gamer

Xbox Game Pass Subscriber Growth Falls Short as Layoffs Expose Flaws in Microsoft's Gaming Strategy

Xbox Game Pass reportedly has just 30 million subscribers, far below projections, as layoffs and studio cuts raise concerns over Microsoft's strategy.

Player One

Microsoft shares fall over 1% after company announces to layoff 4,800

Microsoft announced significant job cuts affecting approximately 4,800 employees globally. The Xbox gaming division will experience the deepest reductions, with around 3,200 roles eliminated. This restructuring follows substantial investments in gaming, including the Activision Blizzard acquisition.

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Microsoft Layoffs Affecting Thousands Could Be 'The Largest in Gaming History': 5 Xbox Studios at Risk

Microsoft's upcoming job cuts across Xbox, sales, and consulting relate to its $100 billion AI investment. Learn which five gaming studios are at risk and the potential impact on the gaming industry.

International Business Times UK

Spyro: A Realm Beyond studio CEO says there was no 'pushback' to becoming independent from Activision Blizzard, but the process and planning the game at the same time was 'complex' — 'I think that was the biggest challenge'

Toys for Bob has said there was no "pushback" from Activision Blizzard when it chose to become independent, but the process was "complex."

TechRadar

Spyro: A Realm Beyond studio had to "buy back" its independence from Xbox "to get back to the games we were known for" instead of Call of Duty and Overwatch

Toys for Bob studio head Paul Yan says "we were just straying too far off from the types of games that we're passionate about" under Xbox

GamesRadar

A conversation with Infinity Ward about Call of Duty

Two senior Modern Warfare 4 devs talk friendly competition between studios, SBMM, and "ripped from the headlines" campaigns.

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An Overwatch poster has been spotted in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, leaving some to speculate a collaboration is on the horizon

If Soap gets added to Overwatch he better go to Hazard.

PC Gamer

"Right now, we support crossplay between Switch 2 and the rest of the platforms": Modern Warfare 4 ends the 13-year wait for Call of Duty to return to Nintendo hardware

Modern Warfare 4 is the first Call of Duty game to land on Nintendo hardware since Ghosts

GamesRadar

I played Modern Warfare 4 at Infinity Ward, let's talk about it

90 minutes with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer.

PC Gamer

Microsoft Settles Activision Blizzard Lawsuit For $250M After Almost Four Years

Microsoft has finally agreed to settle the lawsuit from Activision Blizzard for $250 million after four years.

Player One

Former Activision Blizzard CEO claims Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit against Microsoft-Activision merger was a ploy to strengthen Embracer

The other side accused him of hiding sexual misconduct by rushing the merger.

Destructoid

Four years later, Microsoft finally finishes fighting over the Activision acquisition

A lawsuit suit, filed by Sjunde AP-Fonden, alleged that the buyout was rushed in order to protect Activision's then-CEO Bobby Kotick.

PC Gamer

Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says Game Pass "has become too expensive for players," suggesting a price change — "we need a better value equation"

Reportedly, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has signaled to employees that Microsoft is planning to figure out "a better value equation" for Xbox Game Pass soon.

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Revisiting the last truly great Call of Duty

Why a lot of people are playing a seven-year-old CoD again.

PC Gamer

The Call of Duty schism: Why fans are trapped in a forever war with each other

For longtime fans, the name at the bottom of the box is everything.

GamesRadar

"It felt surreal": Overwatch co-creator allegedly left Blizzard after a former exec said he'd be responsible for 1,000 layoffs if the shooter didn't hit financial targets

Jeff Kaplan remembers "that was the biggest f**k you moment I had in my career"

PC Gamer

Overwatch co-creator Jeff Kaplan on his exit from Activision Blizzard: 'It was the biggest f**k you moment I've had in my career'

Overwatch League was instrumental in sending Overwatch off the rails.

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"Don't judge the resume, judge the K/D": Ex Activision Blizzard exec defends new Xbox CEO with absolutely zero gaming experience, says "it IS learnable"

"I hope you'll give Asha that opportunity to load in, learn, and show what she can do"

PC Gamer

New Xbox boss promises no 'soulless AI slop' after moving over from Microsoft's CoreAI products division

"We will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop," said Asha Sharma, the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming.

Dot Esports

Phil Spencer Retires from Xbox After 38 Years as Microsoft Taps AI Exec as Gaming CEO

Asha Sharma will take over as CEO, reiterating the importance of core gamers.

Windows Central

Phil Spencer retires as Microsoft appoints Asha Sharma CEO of Microsoft Gaming; major Xbox leadership reshuffle announced

Xbox enters a new era as Phil Spencer retires and Asha Sharma takes over

Operation Sports

Epstein Files Reference Activision Blizzard and Rockstar Executives

The Epstein files have reached the gaming world.

Windows Central

CoD sales fell 60% — and Kotick says the collapse proves the Microsoft buyout was the right move. Does it?

Bobby Kotick claims Call of Duty sales are down more than 60% as he defends Activision’s $69B sale to Microsoft amid a lawsuit from Swedish pension fund AP7.

TechRadar

Xbox can’t wait to get out of 2025 and start talking about the next generation

Microsoft priced itself out of the console market and started talking up the next generation.

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