24 days ago
Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. The Verge is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 22 Sept 2026, 14:01 UTC. The headline in use is “Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing "reset" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs in July, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma describing the cuts as "the most significant restructure in Xbox history."
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by The Verge
Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close
Reported by 1 outlet
- The Verge