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62-Year-Old Microsoft Employee Laid Off After 20 Years: "It Feels Like A Betrayal"
In May, he found out he and 14 others in his group, including four managers, were laid off.
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Take-Two Came Close to Buying Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot From Xbox Before Talks Collapsed: Report
Crystal Dynamics reportedly attempted to salvage the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot by finding a new funding partner. Take-Two held talks with Microsoft to buy the game from Xbox, but talks collapsed, leading Crystal Dynamics to lay off employees and full abandon the game.
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Crystal Dynamics Announces Second Round of Layoffs This Year, Says Next Tomb Raider Game Is Unaffected
Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics has announced a new round of layoffs, the second this year at the company. The developer is laying off an unspecified number of employees. The announcement comes after Microsoft cancelled the Perfect Dark reboot, which was being co-developed by Crystal Dynamics.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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Microsoft Cancels Perfect Dark, Shuts Down Developer The Initiative in Widespread Xbox Cuts
Microsoft cancelled the Perfect Dark reboot in the works at first-party studio The Initiative and shut down the developer as part of wide-ranging layoffs at the company. The Xbox division was hit hard, with layoffs impacting Rare, Zenimax and other studios.
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Microsoft To Lay Off Over 9,000 Employees, 2nd Big Job Purge In Months: Report
Microsoft is laying off as many as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Chief Product Officer's Message For Coders After Laying Off 6,000 Employees
Aparna Chennapragada said learning to code has become more valuable than ever, even though the way we code is changing with time.
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Microsoft to Lay Off Around Three Percent of Workforce in Organisation-Wide Cuts
Microsoft said on Tuesday it was laying off less than three percent of its workforce, or around 6,000 employees. The cuts will be across all levels and geographies and are likely the largest since Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees in 2023.
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Microsoft To Lay Off 6,000 Workers Globally In Cost-Cutting Move
Microsoft on Tuesday said it was slashing unnecessary layers of management and seizing the benefits of new technology as reports said the tech behemoth was laying off thousands of workers.
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Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams
Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.
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Microsoft Announces 650 Layoffs at Xbox Unit in Bid to Cut Costs After Activision Acquisition
Microsoft is laying off 650 employs from its Xbox unit. The job cuts will affect mostly corporate and supporting functions, the report said, citing a memo sent to staff by Xbox chief Phil Spencer.
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Electronic Arts to Lay Off 5 Percent of Workforce, Reduce Office Space
Electronic Arts will reduce 5 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan that also includes a reduction in real estate, the company said on Wednesday, as the video game industry struggles to grow amid high interest rates.
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Microsoft to Lay Off 1,900 Staff at Gaming Division, Including Recently Acquired Call of Duty Maker Activision
Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, it said on Thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended massive layoffs over the past years into 2024.
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Microsoft To Lay Off 1,900 People After Activision Gaming Buyout
Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.
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Bungie Becomes the Latest PlayStation Studio to Lay Off Workers, Destiny 2 The Final Shape Delayed
Destiny 2 creator Bungie has been hit with layoffs, as part of restructuring with Sony Interactive Entertainment. An official number for the downsizing hasn’t been revealed yet, but it appears that the communications, social media, and publishing departments were affected the most. Additionally, Bungie has delayed the upcoming Destiny 2: The Fina...
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62-Year-Old Microsoft Employee Laid Off After 20 Years: "It Feels Like A Betrayal"
In May, he found out he and 14 others in his group, including four managers, were laid off.
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Take-Two Came Close to Buying Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot From Xbox Before Talks Collapsed: Report
Crystal Dynamics reportedly attempted to salvage the cancelled Perfect Dark reboot by finding a new funding partner. Take-Two held talks with Microsoft to buy the game from Xbox, but talks collapsed, leading Crystal Dynamics to lay off employees and full abandon the game.
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Crystal Dynamics Announces Second Round of Layoffs This Year, Says Next Tomb Raider Game Is Unaffected
Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics has announced a new round of layoffs, the second this year at the company. The developer is laying off an unspecified number of employees. The announcement comes after Microsoft cancelled the Perfect Dark reboot, which was being co-developed by Crystal Dynamics.
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Layoffs in 2025: HP, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Ola and More Fire Over 75,000 Staffers; AI the Main Culprit
Layoffs in tech never really stopped in the post-pandemic world. Since the end of 2021, tech companies have been laying off employees in large numbers. Unfortunately, 2025 was also not different, as tech giants such as Intel, Microsoft, Meta, and Salesforce made headlines for their mass layoffs.
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Microsoft Cancels Perfect Dark, Shuts Down Developer The Initiative in Widespread Xbox Cuts
Microsoft cancelled the Perfect Dark reboot in the works at first-party studio The Initiative and shut down the developer as part of wide-ranging layoffs at the company. The Xbox division was hit hard, with layoffs impacting Rare, Zenimax and other studios.
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Microsoft To Lay Off Over 9,000 Employees, 2nd Big Job Purge In Months: Report
Microsoft is laying off as many as 4%, or roughly 9,100, of its employees in the largest round of job cuts since 2023, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday.
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Microsoft Chief Product Officer's Message For Coders After Laying Off 6,000 Employees
Aparna Chennapragada said learning to code has become more valuable than ever, even though the way we code is changing with time.
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Microsoft to Lay Off Around Three Percent of Workforce in Organisation-Wide Cuts
Microsoft said on Tuesday it was laying off less than three percent of its workforce, or around 6,000 employees. The cuts will be across all levels and geographies and are likely the largest since Microsoft laid off 10,000 employees in 2023.
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Microsoft To Lay Off 6,000 Workers Globally In Cost-Cutting Move
Microsoft on Tuesday said it was slashing unnecessary layers of management and seizing the benefits of new technology as reports said the tech behemoth was laying off thousands of workers.
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Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams
Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit. The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.
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Microsoft Announces 650 Layoffs at Xbox Unit in Bid to Cut Costs After Activision Acquisition
Microsoft is laying off 650 employs from its Xbox unit. The job cuts will affect mostly corporate and supporting functions, the report said, citing a memo sent to staff by Xbox chief Phil Spencer.
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Electronic Arts to Lay Off 5 Percent of Workforce, Reduce Office Space
Electronic Arts will reduce 5 percent of its workforce as part of a restructuring plan that also includes a reduction in real estate, the company said on Wednesday, as the video game industry struggles to grow amid high interest rates.
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Microsoft to Lay Off 1,900 Staff at Gaming Division, Including Recently Acquired Call of Duty Maker Activision
Microsoft will let go of 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and Xbox this week, it said on Thursday, the latest cuts in the technology sector that has extended massive layoffs over the past years into 2024.
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Microsoft To Lay Off 1,900 People After Activision Gaming Buyout
Microsoft is laying off 1,900 people, or eight percent of staff, from its gaming division as it consolidates the blockbuster buyout of "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard.
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Bungie Becomes the Latest PlayStation Studio to Lay Off Workers, Destiny 2 The Final Shape Delayed
Destiny 2 creator Bungie has been hit with layoffs, as part of restructuring with Sony Interactive Entertainment. An official number for the downsizing hasn’t been revealed yet, but it appears that the communications, social media, and publishing departments were affected the most. Additionally, Bungie has delayed the upcoming Destiny 2: The Fina...
