Age of Empires Studio World's Edge Reportedly Lose Nearly Half Their Staff and a New Game Project in Mass Xbox Layoffs
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Age of Empires studio World's Edge reportedly lose nearly half their staff and a new game project in mass Xbox layoffs
Further details have emerged of the impact that Microsoft’s Xbox consolidation and job cuts programme is having on affected workers. World’s Edge, the studio that effectively manages strategy megaseries Age of Empires, has allegedly been hit hard, with an unnamed but verified creative director posting on industry forum ResetEra that "just under half" of all staff had been let go in the process of moving from Xbox’s direct control to Activision’s.
After the major restructuring at Xbox, the responsibility for Rare, World's Edge and the development of the new Halo game lies with Activision. This has enabled the publisher to secure some of the biggest Xbox brands. Rare includes franchises such as Sea of Thieves and Banjo Kazooie, at World's Edge we find Age of Empires as well as Age of Mythology. And Halo doesn't need much imagination. Read more
Reductions in World's Edge, termination of Xbox developers, changes in Halo Studios, transfer of Activation franchise, cuts in other Microsoft studios
Xbox Restructuring Guts Age of Empires Custodian World's Edge, Cutting Half the Team as Activision Takes Over
Today's Xbox restructuring has seriously damaged another studio: World's Edge. According to its Creative Director, Adam Isgreen, just under half of the team (including him) has been laid off. In a LinkedIn post, he teased that there were intriguing plans for upcoming projects, though it's unclear if those have been canceled outright. As previously mentioned in today's announcement, the Age of Empires custodian is also being moved out of Xbox Gam…
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