Microsoft Cuts More Xbox Studio Jobs and Folds Its Publishing Arms Together

Microsoft ran another round of Xbox layoffs the week of September 22, hitting developers at The Coalition, World's Edge, Treyarch, and Raven Software, per reports and staff posts. It also moved to consolidate its publishing arms, Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and Activision Blizzard, into a tighter structure. The tracker gaminglayoffs.com counted 10,863 games-industry job losses in 2026 so far, up 147 percent from the same point in 2025.