More cutbacks are in progress days after Microsoft closed down three Xbox studios. Just days ago Microsoft shuttered Alpha Dog, Arkane Austin, and Tango Gameworks. Now it seems cost-cutting measures are materialising via voluntary severances at Bethesda owner ZeniMax.
These voluntary severance packages will naturally lead to a further reduction in headcount as Microsoft, Xbox and the Activision Blizzard King empires continue to fight it out as to what shape the final giant is going to take following the successful conclusion of their hard-fought $69 billion merger.
In this week’s earlier announcement, Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty explained the closures as Microsoft focusing on “high-impact titles”, and noted that these changes would be “disruptive to the various support teams across ZeniMax and Bethesda that bring our games to market”.
Now, that disruption has become more apparent with layoffs hitting ZeniMax too.
In fact, it appears that Microsoft’s mobile assets (including…
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