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With 1,600 Xbox jobs gone and 1,600 more cuts scheduled, remaining staff face heavier workloads, morale pressure, and uncertainty over studios like Bethesda and id Software.

OneBGS union members march across four Bethesda studios on July 15 to demand Xbox negotiate fairly after 440 union jobs were cut in the latest Microsoft layoffs.

Xbox is shedding 20% of its workforce and releasing five first-party studios as new CEO Asha Sharma dismantles the content-volume strategy built on Activision.

Bethesda’s free PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade for Fallout 76 brings 60 FPS and playable Super Mutants, with public testing set for June 2026.

Xbox is heavily evaluating Halo’s future amid studio restructuring, with Halo: Campaign Evolved set for its PS5 debut on July 28, 2026.

Playground Games’ Fable reboot launches February 23, 2027 on Xbox Series X/S, PC, and PS5, with day-one Xbox Game Pass access confirmed.

Insiders confirm a deep strategic split inside Xbox Game Studios is already affecting live projects, as Microsoft floods gaming leadership with CoreAI executives.

Xbox withdrew from its Project Fantasy publishing deal, triggering layoffs at IO Interactive as the studio seeks new funding to keep the fantasy RPG alive.

Hideo Kojima’s horror project OD is confirmed in active development despite Microsoft’s studio closures — revealing where Xbox’s real priorities lie.

Microsoft may cancel Marvel’s Blade and close Arkane Lyon after budget overruns, with 1,000 Xbox layoffs expected around July 6, per The Verge.