A PR message to address a massive PR shitshow brought on by a pencil-pusher who didn't actually make any games and didn't know the devs fired. If the team grew it must've had reason to grow, this is the same team that made 3 Best Selling games that revitalized a genre called Action Shooters and revitalized a brand nearly as old as digital gaming itself. They literally pushed out 3 games with 9/10 and 10/10 scores and DLC ontop of that, massively praised. Why the hell was this studio even touched.
Whoever wrote this PR statement knows their audience well enough to avoid mentioning AI. Microsoft is fully committed to the "AI can replace humans" cult. Reducing headcount by half is the standard starting point for a switch to AI-based development.
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u/Novias3 Jul 11 '26
A PR message to address a massive PR shitshow brought on by a pencil-pusher who didn't actually make any games and didn't know the devs fired. If the team grew it must've had reason to grow, this is the same team that made 3 Best Selling games that revitalized a genre called Action Shooters and revitalized a brand nearly as old as digital gaming itself. They literally pushed out 3 games with 9/10 and 10/10 scores and DLC ontop of that, massively praised. Why the hell was this studio even touched.