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A question for the industry: How will external developers use AI tools? | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 8, 2026
4 min

Here’s a question I’m pondering. How will external developers use AI tools for their customers, the game development and publishing companies? Keep Reading with...

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Microsoft reports strong Q2 results amid big Xbox layoffs

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 29, 2026
3 min

This will probably anger game developers and gamers. Microsoft reported strong fiscal-fourth-quarter revenues of $90 billion, up 18% from a year earlier. Analysts had...

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Double Fine lays off 23 staff members after going independent from Xbox

Posted byby Rachel Kaser
July 28, 2026
1 min

Double Fine confirmed that it has laid off 23 members of its staff following its recent move to independence from Microsoft. CEO Tim Schafer...

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Xbox layoff reactions | The industry and ex-employees react to Microsoft’s biggest course correction in gaming

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 6, 2026
5 min

This post was put together by GamesBeat’s staff including Alex Lee, Dean Takahashi and Jolie Feld. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced today that Microsoft...

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Why Microsoft shouldn’t lay off so many Xbox employees | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 3, 2026
9 min

Microsoft is expected to lay off a lot of employees on July 6. We don’t have full transparency into the numbers yet, and we...

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Xbox faces new wave of layoffs next month | Bloomberg report

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 10, 2026
7 min

Microsoft’s new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is evidently planning a major wave of layoffs next month, according to a news report in Bloomberg. After...

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Sony shuts down remake studio Bluepoint

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 19, 2026
1 min

Confirming a report in Bloomberg, Sony has acknowledged it has shut down Bluepoint Games. The studio was known for its remasters of Shadow of...

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The game industry’s 2026 starts rough with 32 layoffs affecting 2,015 jobs | Amir Satvat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 2, 2026
1 min

Defying rosy forecasts, the game industry has seen 32 layoffs totaling 2,015 roles affected so far in 2026, according to game jobs champion Amir Satvat....

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State of Game Industry survey sheds light on layoffs, GenAI views, unionization and tariffs | GDC survey

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 29, 2026
8 min

The organizers of GDC Festival of Gaming have released the results of the 2026 State of the Game Industry Survey, offering insights into key...

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Ironroot Games is a new studio founded by former ZeniMax Online developers | interview

Posted byby David Jagneaux
January 15, 2026
7 min

Ironroot Games is an all-new game development studio born from the ashes of the canceled Project Blackbird MMO that was in development at Microsoft-owned...

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