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Microsoft's Halo digital video and Halo TV shows aren't dead, but original TV show effort will end

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Microsoft announced that 14,000 layoffs are coming and said it would shut down its Xbox Entertainment Studios division. That means Microsoft is giving up on original programming of TV shows for its entertainment platforms such as the Xbox One.

However, Microsoft said that previously announced shows will continue to be produced — including a digital film series and a separate TV show based on its spectacularly successful Halo sci-fi video game series, which has generated billions of dollars and sold 50 million copies.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.