According to rumors, Microsoft would remove up to 2,000 jobs in the Xbox game sector, especially in the studios forza Motorsport and potentially horizon

Several recent reports report to come from the Xbox Gaming division has been the subject of several recent reports. Today, players are starting to know the extent of the changes, which could start according rumors, microsoft would remove by the end of June. The creator of the series Duke nukGeorge Broussard, suggests that up to 2,000 Microsoft jobs will be deleted. If some studios could completely close their doors, the creators of Come on Horizon et Forza Motorsport could also suffer.

Mr. Broussard revealed on social networks that job losses could be greater than expected. He estimates that 10 to 20 % of Xbox Gaming staff are threatened. Even if other information suggests that this figure would be less than 10 %, the industry is preparing for a new upheaval.

Naturally, fans wonder which developers could according rumors, microsoft would remove close their doors and what impact it could have on future Xbox games. Tom Warren from The Verge provides one of the first clues by reporting that Turn 10 Studios is threatened. Given the continuous popularity of Forza Horizon 5It seems unlikely that the Playground Games studio is closing its doors. However. Turn 10 studio Forza Motorsport From Turn 10 did not have the same success as a result of initial complaints concerning technical problems and a lack of content.

Even if Turn 10. Playground Games, the size of which has been reduced, survive, other developers may not be as lucky. The editor -in -chief of the Video Games Chronicle, Andy Robinson, describes the anxiety of the British Xbox studios. This region is home to eminent game manufacturers, in addition to Playground Games, including Rare and Ninja Theory.

The job cuts at Microsoft would not be the first according rumors, microsoft would remove series of important layoffs linked to the Xbox. In January 2024, the company announced the abolition of 1900 positions on the site https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/microsoft-announces-layoffs-at-gaming-division-with-1900-jobs-cut-across-activision-blizzard-xbox-game-studios-and-zenimaz. However, these changes mainly resulted from the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. Since Xbox Gaming moves away from existing consoles, future layoffs could affect a larger number of developers.