Once again, the video game industry is caught in a limbo state, waiting for the hammer of more mass layoffs to fall, and once again, it's Xbox and Microsoft bringing its gavel down. While Asha Sharma and the rest of Team Green's leadership position these cuts as a "reset" for the company, the CWA and its members point out that the company has tried mass layoffs, multiple times in recent years. Clearly, attempting to 'reset' the business like this hasn't been working, and now, Microsoft is poised to lose what veteran analyst Joost van Dreunen rightfully calls the gaming industry's […]

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Xbox chief executive officer Asha Sharma went from being the new face of Team Green, leading the platform into a new era, to being no different from the last in the eyes of players in the blink of an eye. After making Game Pass cheaper, re-centering console hardware and bringing exclusives back, Xbox fans praised her quick action and transparency. Now, however, with multiple studios reportedly being closed and more mass layoffs looming, she and her regime are no different from Spencer's. Industry veteran and analyst Joost van Dreunen calls it "the job she was actually hired to do": making […]

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A few short years ago, and perhaps even more recently than that, it felt like Fortnite would be around as long as video games are available to be played, and nothing would ever be able to truly topple Epic Games while it has the biggest video game on the planet in its portfolio. It's likely that there are a lot of people who still feel that way, but after Epic's recent mass layoff of over 1,000 developers caused by a downturn in Fortnite engagement, among other issues, sentiments that the free-to-play battle royale monster is immortal have taken a turn. […]

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