Xbox Prepares for Three Additional Layoff Waves, Starting This Month

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Xbox Prepares for Three Additional Layoff Waves, Starting This Month

Xbox reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs, with the first wave coming as early as this month

10/21/2026

Xbox is reportedly gearing up for three more rounds of layoffs as the Microsoft gaming division continues CEO Asha Sharma's plan to reset the business. According to a new report, the first of...

Massively Overpowered

Xbox is reportedly queuing up for three more layoff rounds starting as soon as this month

10/21/2026

The layoffs will indeed continue at Microsoft’s Xbox until morale of investors and executives improves. Following the layoffs that affected first-party studios this past September, early word is...

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Xbox is reportedly planning three waves of layoffs between now and January as part of its plan to cut 3,200 jobs by the end of the fiscal year

10/21/2026

Xbox is reportedly planning three more waves of layoffs this month, in November, and in January 2027 as part of its planned 3,200 job cuts before the end of the fiscal year.Earlier this year,...

Firstpost

Xbox layoffs: Microsoft plans fresh job cuts in November and January, report says

10/21/2026

Microsoft is preparing further job cuts across Xbox in the coming months as CEO Asha Sharma continues to restructure its gaming business, according to Fortune. The reported plans follow thousands...

Rock Paper Shotgun

Further Xbox layoff rounds reportedly planned for this month, November, and January, while a Game Pass overhaul is in the works

10/21/2026

Further rounds of layoffs as part of Xbox's ongoing efforts to eventually have fed 3200 people into the furnace are reportedly planned to take place during this month, November, and January. The...

The Verge

Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs

10/20/2026

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma announced planned...