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Xbox Game Studios exec gives ‘AI prompts’ to laid-off Microsoft employees to handle emotional stress caused by job loss; deletes post after backlash
An Xbox executive, Matt Turnbull, suggested laid-off Microsoft employees use AI chatbots for support, including career ...
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Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects
Update 3, July 2, 2025: Microsoft is reportedly closing The Initiative, and cancelling the Perfect Dark reboot that was fully ...
Even before the Xbox layoffs, there was 'tension' at Halo Studios
At least five employees at Halo Studios have been fired as part of company-wide layoffs at Microsoft on Wednesday, according ...
Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week
Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week. I first reported in Notepad ...
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Communication Workers of America labor union delivers statement on Xbox layoffs
The Communication Workers of America (CWA) labor union expresses its disappointment with Microsoft in a public statement on ...
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Microsoft Xbox layoffs June 2025 - what's clear and what's not as the weekend nears - Eurogamer.net
Matt Turnbull, Executive Producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing - after the Microsoft layoffs - suggesting on Linkedin that may maybe people who have been let go should turn to AI for help.
How AI can help you navigate layoffs, according to one executive producer at Xbox
Following the news that 9,000 people are being laid off at the company, one Xbox executive offered some questionable words of ...
AI Is Not in the Memo, but It Haunts Every Layoff at Xbox
Microsoft’s Xbox division just laid off thousands of employees, shut down an entire game studio, and canceled multiple ...