The Xbox Bloodbath Has Begun

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Xbox is closing the studios it called "essential": Double Fine, Compulsion, Ninja Theory and Arkane Lyon. They now need to find an external buyer. And from what's being rumored, this is just the beginning.

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00:00 A War In Redmond
00:57 In Xbox's Sights
04:05 Subsidising Xbox
09:47 Cutting Off The Future
13:34 The Cuts Aren't Done

Sources:
https://x.com/MikeStrawMedia/status/2066555775720243583?s=20
https://kotaku.com/xbox-shuttering-south-of-midnight-peabody-award-compulsion-games-2000706065
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-15/studios-in-microsoft-s-xbox-division-brace-for-closures
https://x.com/DoubleFine/status/2066719196944478636
https://x.com/SylvainTrinel/status/2066607244951658666#m
https://www.theverge.com/games/950204/xbox-ninja-theory-shutdown-hellblade-senua
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/exclusive-talking-to-new-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-and-cco-matt-booty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqEZyHkXgh0
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-considered-spinning-xbox-plans-new-halo-fallout-games
https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-game-studios-boss-craig-duncan
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/microsoft-plans-first-voluntary-retirement-program-for-us-employees.html
https://x.com/DestinLegarie/status/2066739207734009876?s=20
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https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/s6y2gh/xbox_game_studios_after_today/
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/inside-xboxs-margin-crush

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