[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-microsoft-cuts-268-more-xbox-jobs-ninja-theory-faces-closure":10,"sections":44},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":39,"feedback":43,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":43,"total_tokens":43},7206,"microsoft-cuts-268-more-xbox-jobs-ninja-theory-faces-closure","Microsoft Cuts 268 More Xbox Jobs, Ninja Theory Faces Closure","The cuts hit Halo Studios and other first-party teams, marking Xbox's second layoff round since July as Microsoft presses its gaming reset.","Microsoft is cutting 268 more jobs at Xbox, and Hellblade studio Ninja Theory could be next to close.\n\nXbox chief content officer Matt Booty told staff in a memo that the company is eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and Xbox Game Studios' central management functions. The cuts follow a July round that hit 1,600 Xbox employees, which Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called \"the most significant restructure in Xbox history.\" Both rounds are part of the 3,200 roles Microsoft previously said would be cut across its 2027 fiscal year, which runs through June 2027. Ninja Theory, the studio behind Hellblade, is among the first-party teams reportedly facing closure as part of the broader reset.\n\nThis is the second confirmed wave of Xbox layoffs in two months, with roughly 1,300 more cuts still to come before the fiscal year ends. That drip-feed approach, announcing a big number and then rolling it out in stages, keeps each individual headline smaller even as the running total climbs toward one of the largest layoff campaigns in recent gaming history.\n\nSharma called July's cuts the \"most significant restructure in Xbox history.\" Two months and 268 more layoffs later, that restructure is clearly still in progress.","[\"xbox\",\"layoffs\",\"microsoft\",\"gaming\"]","2026-09-22T14:01:16.000Z","2026-09-22T15:00:09.987Z","2026-09-22T15:42:32.213Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The headline and dek foreground Ninja Theory's possible closure as the lead news, but the body never substantiates it — no detail on why Ninja Theory specifically is at risk, what's been reported, or when a decision might come; either find and add those specifics or drop the closure claim from the headline\u002Fdek.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Fix the internal count mismatch — the body says Xbox has cut staff 'twice in three months' but then calls this 'three rounds of layoffs in under a year' without identifying a third round, and either source or drop the unsupported claim that Xbox's pace 'outstrips layoffs at most rival publishers this cycle.'","gaming",[36,37,38,34],"xbox","layoffs","microsoft",[40],{"name":41,"url":42},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fnews\u002F998589\u002Fmicrosoft-xbox-layoffs-ninja-theory-closure",0,{"sections":45},[46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,95,98,103,107],{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"AI","ai",4184,"2026-09-22T13:52:15.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Security","security",698,"2026-09-22T14:41:04.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Policy","policy",364,"2026-09-22T12:37:38.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals","deals",196,"2026-09-22T15:06:32.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",165,"2026-09-22T14:45:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",130,"2026-09-20T13:48:11.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",107,"2026-09-22T16:13:36.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",78,"2026-09-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Software","software",77,"2026-09-22T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":90},"Startups","startups",61,{"name":96,"slug":34,"count":97,"latest_published_at":18},"Gaming",44,{"name":99,"slug":100,"count":101,"latest_published_at":102},"General","general",43,"2026-09-21T23:48:56.000Z",{"name":104,"slug":105,"count":106,"latest_published_at":90},"Reviews","reviews",27,{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]