According to an internal email from Xbox head Phil Spencer, Xbox is eliminating 650 jobs across its gaming ecosystem (thanks Game File).
Spencer has framed this round of layoffs as stemming from Microsoft's $75.4 billion acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, a similar rationale to Xbox's elimination of 1,900 jobs in January.
"As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming—mostly corporate and supporting functions—to organize our business for long term success," Spencer wrote in the aforementioned internal email.
According to Game File's sources, most of these cuts affect support and corporate staff at Activision-Blizzard, something Spencer implies in his email.
Unlike the job cuts in January that resulted in the cancellation of one project and the studio closures of Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks in August, Spencer stresses "No games, devices or experiences are being cancelled and no studios are being closed as part of these adjustments today."
Job cuts at Xbox will likely continue into the near future as Phil Spencer continuously states his goal is to make Xbox a profitable enterprise within Microsoft, and the company's massive acquisition of Activision-Blizzard has...
