Microsoft Cuts Hundreds More Jobs, Moves Next Halo Game to Activision
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEMatt Booty's memo on Xbox[1] Wire, dated September 22, 2026, says "we are eliminating 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the XGS management and central functions layer", and GeekWire[2] reports the wider cuts were made "on Tuesday morning" the same day.
Xbox eliminated 268 roles across Halo Studios, other first-party studios and its management layer, part of fewer than 600 Microsoft cuts worldwide, and handed the next Halo game to a new Activision team; Ninja Theory now faces a proposed closure.
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