The troubled Perfect Dark reboot is canceled and Xbox studio The Initiative has shut down amid devastating layoffs sweeping across Microsoft today, sources have told IGN.

Xbox boss not done writing layoff farewell emails just yet Despite helping to swing the axe on 9,000 jobs, including a chunk from the Xbox division, Microsoft insists its gaming chief Phil Spencer ...

Perfect Dark was just revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase in 2024, so that means there’s a possibility that more games shown during that event could be put on ice by Microsoft.

Xbox layoffs: Microsoft closes studio The Initiative, cancels Perfect Dark, Everwild, and unannounced projects UPDATE: Layoffs have been made across different studios and Xbox's publishing operations ...

This included high-profile games like the Perfect Dark reboot and Rare’s new action-adventure game Everwild, but it also included a game we had never actually heard about until it was already gone.

Microsoft has denied rumours of Xbox boss Phil Spencer’s retirement, although plenty wish it were true.

While Spencer isn’t retiring anytime soon, Microsoft is continuing its big cuts today that have affected Xbox studios and employees. Perfect Dark and Everwild have been cancelled, while Forza ...

For the uninitiated, an unannounced Destiny-style MMO codenamed Blackbird, which was in development at Elder Scrolls Online ...

Phil Spencer won't be retiring from his position at Xbox "anytime soon". Yesterday, Microsoft announced swathes of layoffs across the entire company, including its gaming division.

Microsoft has insisted Xbox boss Phil Spencer isn’t retiring “anytime soon,” amid rumors over the executive’s future at the company following yesterday’s mass layoffs.

Microsoft is set to layoff thousands of employees worldwide Wednesday, including some in the Microsoft Gaming division.