Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Microsoft and Xbox have continued to close studios, cancel video games, and lay off game creators. Let's talk about the latest news.

~~SOURCES~~

videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-confirms-layoffs-we-will-end-or-decrease-work-in-certain-areas-of-the-business

videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-banjo-kazooie-sea-of-thieves-director-leaves-rare-after-35-years-following-everwild-cancellation

kotaku.com/latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-job-1851785492

videogameschronicle.com/news/hideo-kojima-wants-to-develop-a-game-in-space-and-risk-his-life-like-tom-cruise

Kojima interview: gq.com/story/hideo-kojimas-boss-fight-with-time