{"id":67097,"date":"2026-07-08T16:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67097"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:31:02","slug":"all-xbox-studios-remaining-following-mass-layoffs-and-restructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=67097","title":{"rendered":"All Xbox studios remaining following mass layoffs and restructure"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Xbox announced a significant overhaul of its business on July 6, which will see the company cutting 20% of its organization over the next 12 months. As part of that change, Xbox is parting ways with four studios, and potentially cutting a fifth down the line. Double Fine and Compulsion Games are once again going independent with runway funding from Microsoft, and taking their IP with them. Undead Labs and Ninja Theory have been sold to new buyers who have yet to be disclosed. Arkane Studios\u2019 fate is up in the air as Xbox says the studio is reviewing its \u201cpotential strategic options.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Less clear is the future of the studios still owned by Microsoft. Xbox is cutting 3,200 jobs as part of the move, with only 350 of them tied to the four studios it is divesting from. (That number doesn\u2019t include Arkane Studios.) It\u2019s currently unclear how the studios remaining under the Xbox umbrella will be impacted by the layoffs. In a post on Xbox Wire, CEO Asha Sharma only said that cuts will \u201cvary in size\u201d across its remaining teams. She also says that no games that those studios were working on have been canceled.<\/p>\n

As the dust settles on a hard reset, we have some idea of what Xbox will look like going forward. The details are still hazy, but you can get a sense of what franchises Xbox will focus on based on the studios it is keeping open. Here\u2019s what the lay of the land looks like right now, though note that the details of how many employees have been cut from the following studios are still unclear. This story will be updated as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n