Xbox Reset Continues With More Layoffs and Major Studio Restructuring; Activision to Make Next Halo Game

Gadgets360 - Sep 23, 2026

Xbox has announced a new round of layoffs and widespread studio restructuring that will see the Halo franchise mode hands from Halo Studios to Activision. Xbox said 268 workers will be laid off across Halo Studios and other first-party studios.

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