Microsoft: 500 jobs cut
Microsoft has announced significant layoffs affecting thousands of employees across its Xbox division, including the closure of five studios. The layoffs are part of a restructuring linked to the company's subscription model, which has impacted the financial viability of several studios despite their critical success. This event marks one of the largest job cuts in the gaming industry in recent years.
Conservative
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Core Estimate
375
Upper Bound
500
Sources
Xbox Fires Thousands, Shuts Five Studios in Largest Gaming Layoff in Years
Xbox Fires Thousands, Shuts Five Studios in Largest Gaming Layoff in Years A photo shows the logo of Xbox during the Gamescom video games trade fair at the Trade Fair Center in Cologne, western Germany, on the first day of the fair on August 20, 2025. INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft began executing the most sweeping round of gaming-sector job cuts in years on Monday, July 6 — the first day of its new fiscal year — as thousands of employees across Xbox, sales, and consulting recei