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Xbox again lays off 268 employees and reorganizes studios

Xbox has announced it will lay off another 268 employees, primarily at Halo Studios and management levels. This follows earlier layoffs of 1600 employees earlier this year.

Activision will develop the next Halo game, while a small team from Halo Studios will continue to support the community and existing games. World's Edge and Rare now report to Activision.

Obsidian will collaborate with Bethesda on a new Fallout game. Playground Games and Turn 10 Studios will merge into one studio developing Forza and Fable games. Microsoft Casual Games reports to King.

Xbox is considering the closure of Ninja Theory, after two sales agreements failed. Discussions are underway with employees and other options are being explored. Discussions with Arkane Studios will continue until the end of this year.

Undead Labs has been successfully divested and will release State of Decay 3 under a new publisher.

These reorganizations and layoffs are part of a larger plan that began earlier this year, which would see a total of 3200 jobs eliminated. Earlier, 1600 employees were already laid off and Double Fine and Compulsion Games were sold.

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