Microsoft Xbox is the new Burning Platform | Jon Kimmich guest post
This story was written as a guest post by Jon Kimmich. Dean Takahashi asked me what I thought of this week’s Xbox layoff and...
CWA union says Xbox treated workers as disposable
Microsoft eliminated an initial wave of 1,600 jobs across its Xbox division, including hundreds of union video game workers represented by the Communications Workers...
Xbox layoff reactions | The industry and ex-employees react to Microsoft’s biggest course correction in gaming
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...
Microsoft brings Mojang and King under the Xbox umbrella
Microsoft is bringing Mojang and King closer to the core of the tech giant’s gaming division. Amid a wave of layoffs today, July 6,...
The fate of Xbox’s vulnerable game studios
Story written with contributions from Rachel Kaser Five Microsoft game studios were considered to be vulnerable to the chopping block as Xbox leaders announced...
Microsoft is selling 5 game studios amid 1,600 layoffs today (and 1,600 more in next year) on Xbox team
Microsoft is laying off 1,600 game developers today and it is additionally also separating from five game studios as it makes cuts across the...
Why Microsoft shouldn’t lay off so many Xbox employees | The DeanBeat
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...
Xbox’s pending massive layoffs | The view from union employees
On July 6, Microsoft is expected to announce a massive number of layoffs at the Xbox game division. We hear that the number could...
CWA-represented workers at Xbox criticize Microsoft management and pending layoffs
Microsoft employees who are members of unions represented by the Communications Workers of America spoke out against management and the pending layoffs at the...
Xbox will raise prices thanks to rising memory and storage costs | The DeanBeat
Microsoft is raising prices on its Xbox Series X/S consoles again, effective August 1, thanks to rising component costs. This is exclusive GB MAX content....