Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has just confirmed that the company has officially parted ways with Arkane Studios, the developer behind the critically acclaimed Dishonored series, Deathloop, and the upcoming Marvel's Blade. According to Sharma's recent announcement, Arkane Studios is currently working with the French government to keep its doors open, though the future of the studio and Marvel's Blade is uncertain.
The long-rumored mass layoffs at Xbox have officially begun. Asha Sharma has just shared an internal email sent to Xbox employees to various social media platforms. This widespread announcement begins with the Xbox CEO confirming that approximately 3,200 employees across the company will lose their jobs throughout the 2027 fiscal year, and that a total of four studios are leaving Xbox and finding new management. Those four studios are Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, and Undead Labs.
But while these four former Xbox-owned studios are either going independent (Compulsion and Double Fine) or have already entered terms of new ownership (Ninja Theory and Undead Labs), Arkane Studios is in a much more precarious position. According to Asha Sharma's public statement, Arkane is "beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options."
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