The pattern of Xbox laying off people is becoming more prominent by the day, and Game Pass is not the reason for such horror.

Microsoft is laying off thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

Xbox is laying off some of its employees at various development studios by simply locking them out of their Slack accounts ...

The trimming of the Xbox staff follows Microsoft’s years-long expansion of the business surrounding its gaming console, culminating in 2023 with the $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision ...

Until now, this year’s biggest layoff was in May, when Microsoft began laying off about 6,000 workers, nearly 3% of its global workforce and its largest job cuts in more than two years.

Bloomberg reports that another big layoff, the fourth in the tech giant’s gaming division in the last 18 months, is on its way before the end of the fiscal quarter this month. Managers are ...