Obsidian Entertainment & Rare: Will be integrated into Activision and Bethesda

Xbox to cut hundreds of more jobs; Activision & RARE merging; Bethesda & Obsidian too; Playground & Turn10 too; Halo is Activisions

But at least they nailed down Psyint! Xbox is planning to lay off hundreds of employees this week in its second major staff reduction this year, according to someone briefed on the plans. The Microsoft-owned firm also plans to consolidate several of its game studios, this person said. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in July told staff she would eliminate 1,600 roles by the end of the year on top of 1,600 roles the company cut that month. An …

Obsidian Entertainment & Rare: Will be integrated into Activision and Bethesda

Two other Xbox Game Studios are being relocated due to Microsoft’s current measures, but at least they will remain intact. Recently, more and more details about Microsoft’s new restructuring have become known. Development studios Rare and Obsidian Entertainment are also affected, but luckily they won’t be shut down. Instead, they are redistributed within Xbox Game […]

Obsidian Entertainment & Rare

Two more Xbox Game Studios will be redeployed on the occasion of current measures at Microsoft - but will still be preserved for that.