Xbox owns a lot of studios across the globe; here's which ones are still active and which are not as of July 2026 Bethesda Blizzard Xbox Xbox Game Studios Back in 2020, we took a look at all of the ...

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On July 6, at the dawn of a new fiscal year, Microsoft announced it was laying off 3,200 people in its Xbox division, plus an ...

Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal ...

While Xbox is going through difficult times right now, not all of its studios ended FY2026 worse for the wear, with one in ...

Microsoft announced Monday that it is laying off 20% of its Xbox workforce and is cutting ties with several game studios as part of larger shakeup.

Summer 2026 has been a period of unfortunate news in gaming, particularly surrounding Microsoft, Xbox, and their associated studios. After recent leadership changes in Xbox’s gaming division, ...

Following Xbox’s publicly issued “reset” memo, it was clear that Microsoft’s gaming wing was gearing up for even more lay-offs and studio closures. Today, Xbox's CEO Asha Sharma announced that 3,200 ...

We may get some official confirmation of Xbox’s plans soon. Rumors have spread like wildfire that multiple Xbox Game Studios are at risk of closure. The names that have spread around include ...

Xbox Game Pass adds its third title for August 2026, a day-one release that plays like a hybrid of two beloved indies: ...

While Microsoft is weighing canceling Blade, it’s also exploring options to sell Arkane Studios. Bloomberg reported earlier this month that Microsoft is trying to spin off Compu ...