Xbox owns a lot of studios across the globe; here's which ones are still active and which are not as of July 2026 ...

This week saw sweeping layoffs and Xbox divesting itself of five studios, shaking up the company once again. Xbox went on a ...

The industry has been bracing for large-scale Xbox layoffs in the wake of a new administration running the brand. Today, those layoffs have arrived, ...

Xbox is betting its future on fewer employees, fewer bets and greater emphasis on its most established gaming brands.

Behind the scenes, some Xbox leaders reportedly have serious concerns about the Game Pass strategy that has shaped the ...

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma calls it the most significant restructuring in Xbox history: 3,200 job cuts, four studio spinoffs, a new COO, and a flattened management structure — all aimed at turning around a ...

Xbox may remove day-one releases from Game Pass for major games, per Bloomberg's Jason Schreier as Studio leaders hate it and ...

Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said Microsoft’s video game business is in desperate need of a “reset,” which apparently means job cuts and the shedding of several game studios. Sharma announced in a memo to ...

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Xbox's studio portfolio may look very different, very soon. Earlier this week, reports suggested Microsoft's games division was in the process of closing or spinning off several of its subsidiary ...

The studios, which include Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in active negotiations with Xbox and may be given the chance to go independent.