Industry News / Upcoming Games

[Antimatter]

And another round of layoffs at XBOX:

• 268 roles are being terminated
• Halo is now under Activision
• Halo Studios is moving to a support studio role
• Rare (Sea of Thieves) is now under Activision
• Same with World’s Edge, the studio behind the Age of Empires franchise
• Obsidian is now under Bethesda/ZeniMax
• Playground and Turn 10 are merging into one studio to work on Forza and Fable
• Ninja Theory is closing
• Arkane's status is TBD

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-layoffs-update-ninja-theory-acquisitions-fall-through-halo-to-be-given-to-activision-obsidian-joins-bethesda-and-more

 

[O_Bruce]

Obsidian is now under Bethesda/ZeniMax