Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs, shifts next ‘Halo’ game to Activision in Xbox overhaul
The cuts total about 600 globally, including about 300 in Washington state, and 268 worldwide in Xbox Game Studios. The restructuring folds some existing studios under Activision, Bethesda and King, and leaves Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series, facing a potential closure.
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