Former Halo leaders respond to effective closure of Halo Studios as Xbox cuts 268 jobs
Former Halo leaders lament effective closure of Halo Studios, as one employee finds themselves promoted and fired in same week
Microsoft's Xbox division cut 268 jobs across Halo Studios, other unnamed first-party studios and Xbox Game Studios management, leaving Halo Studios as a small support team while major Halo development moves to a purpose-built team at Activision. Former Halo heads Bonnie Ross and Kiki Wolfkill said on LinkedIn that Halo Studios is essentially being shut down, and one former employee said he was promoted and laid off in the same week. The changes also include the apparent closure of Ninja Theory, Obsidian moving under Bethesda, Playground and Turn 10 merging, Undead Labs going independent, and Rare, World's Edge and Halo moving under Activision.
Microsoft's cuts at Halo Studios and the reshuffling of several first-party studios show how Xbox's organization is changing.
Source: Eurogamer · eurogamer.net