"Microsoft's acquisitions were less about the IP and more about the managerial talent" ...

Joost van Dreunen, NYU Stern professor and author of SuperJoost Playlist, is calling it “a reverse acquisition in slow motion.” “The publishers Xbox spent a fortune acquiring are now absorbing the ...

The publishing group, which handles games like 2025’s Ninja Gaiden 4 and Kojima Productions’ upcoming OD and Physint, is also still around. Microsoft Casual Games, which makes things like Microsoft ...

Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also selling Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. Double Fine and Compulsion Games are going independent, and Microsoft is also ...

Reports say Xbox CEO Asha Sharma will consolidate game studios and cut jobs this week, including moving Halo to Activision Blizzard ...

Last month, Xbox executives laid out some “hard truths” about Microsoft’s struggling gaming division that they said would require a difficult “Xbox reset.” This morning, Microsoft revealed the brutal ...

The last era of Xbox before whatever this one is truly began on June 10, 2018, when then-CEO Phil Spencer used Xbox's E3 showcase to announce the acquisition of four studios: Ninja Theory, Playground ...

Xbox has announced a major restructuring, reducing its headcount by 3,200 employees throughout fiscal year 2027, with 1,600 roles eliminated today. Four studios—Compulsion Games, Double Fine ...

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The games industry moves quickly and while stories may come and go there are some that we just can't let go of… So, to give those particularly thorny topics a further going over we've created a weekly ...

The Xbox segment is expected to recover post-FY2026 decline via restructuring, exclusive game releases, and the competitive Xbox Helix console launch in 2028. Streamlining unprofitable studios, ...