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Xbox Producer Advise Laid Off Employees to Turn to AI for Help on Future and Even Emotional Support
We wish we were joking, but one Xbox exec suggests that laid off employees use AI to cope with losing their jobs.
Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios
At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according ...
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Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects
Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...
Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week
Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad ...
Of the 9,000 workers let go in Microsoft's layoff blitz, less than half were at Xbox specifically
With numerous canceled games and a shuttered studio, the Xbox cuts were still less than half of the 9,000 lost jobs ...
How AI can help you navigate layoffs, according to one executive producer at Xbox
Following the news that 9,000 people are being laid off at the company, one Xbox executive offered some questionable words of ...
AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox
Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...