Microsoft is laying off 1900 people across its Xbox, Activision and Zenimax teams

[Deezay]

SHAMBLES

 

[Pressure]

Safe again

 

[Instant Classic]

man, i am very unsure about the future of COD because even their studios aren't safe. I think Microsoft is going to be cheap and get contractors which will impact the quality of the series. Hopefully somebody picks up these devs and give COD some competition

 

[Pressure]

If I had to guess some of this will be to have better alignment among the franchise.

Call of duty has been a disjointed mess for over 15 years depending on the studio.

With BR being the primary game mode and money driver at the moment the franchise needs more continuity.

Folks have been asking for them to stop pushing these new games every year that fukks up the game and it's meta. Those changes come with layoffs.

 

[Rice N Beans]

man, i am very unsure about the future of COD because even their studios aren't safe. I think Microsoft is going to be cheap and get contractors which will impact the quality of the series. Hopefully somebody picks up these devs and give COD some competition

Rightful concern. MS don't care much after they grab the IP. Rare effectively turned to trash the instant they were bought.

I'll always be bitter over how they handled Halo.

 

[Pressure]

Rightful concern. MS don't care much after they grab the IP. Rare effectively turned to trash the instant they were bought.

I'll always be bitter over how they handled Halo.

The canceling of Odyssey is a direct result of lessons learned from redfall.

Trash it and move on. Who gives a fukk how long they spent on it if it isn't in good shape.

 

[Instant Classic]

Rightful concern. MS don't care much after they grab the IP. Rare effectively turned to trash the instant they were bought.

I'll always be bitter over how they handled Halo.

I like the MP of 5 and Infinite, but to see the series because a shell of itself is sad. The game are enjoyable, but Halo franchise should def be in a much better spot than it is. There's a generation of gamers that don't know or willing to care about the franchise and that's bad

 

[Cladyclad]

MS/Xbox ain’t shyt but y’all keep supporting this shyt. i ain’t talking about Xbots either. I’m talking PC/PS owners. Y’all need to let this company die. shyt someone else can try at it

 

[winb83]

This is abhorrent. The profits this company makes in a quarter renders all of this unnecessary. Phil can eat a dikk with all this team we'll keep crafting stories people love bullshyt or whatever he said.

 

[247Alex]

hell ya hopefully this is a nice catalyst for the stock
had a huge year last year hoping for more of the same.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Xbox Activated Zeni-AX

 

[Tetris v2.0]

This is a really bad look. In an earlier post, I assumed it was mostly corporate roles being axed but they gutted a lot of the smaller studios out and shut down entire teams. I can't see that being a win for anyone other than shareholders.

How have gamers benefitted from the ABK acquisition at all?

 

[Mowgli]

All the office morale boosters. These companies r dead.

Microsoft is in gaming to destroy gaming

 

[Instant Classic]

yikes, and this was a team that people thought would be working on banjo or new platformers. The suits have taken over Microsoft, and Satya is one cold dude. I wouldn't be shocked if he replaces these workers with AI

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

yikes, and this was a team that people thought would be working on banjo or new platformers. The suits have taken over Microsoft, and Satya is one cold dude. I wouldn't be shocked if he replaces these workers with AI

Xbox's Phil Spencer is 'all in' if Activision studios want to revisit old franchises

A Hexen revival is not in the works, however.

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Also, from Bloomberg-

“When the Microsoft acquisition was finalized, some Blizzard staff were hopeful that they might be able to switch back to Unreal Engine rather than trying to finish the game on Synapse. In an interview at BlizzCon in November, Ybarra said that their new parent company would offer them the freedom to use the technology of their choice without having to go through the board of directors as in the past.”

This guy just straight up went to activision blizzard studios and lied to their faces.