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Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line

Rock Paper Shotgun 01 July 2026 13h ago
Xbox claim they're "not reducing [their] investment in games" despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft's total workforce are in the firing line
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On top of the reports that Xbox are planning mass layoffs , yesterday brought the news that Xbox are backing out of funding deals and considering closing studios , yet they insist this isn't a sign they're scaling back how much cash they're pumping into making games. At the same time, a new report claims that the layoffs wider Microsoft have planned are projected to affect less than 2.5% of the co
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