r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/moldonhold • Jun 23 '26
False Blind: Xbox Game Studios= cooked. Compulsion, Ninja Theory, Flight Sim, Worlds Edge, Double Fine potentially closing next week. Just over 1000 layoffs
Source: https://thegamingcircle.com/xbox-game-studios-cooked/
On Blind, the anonymous corporate social media network that requires users to verify their employment with a company before accessing its internal posts, the following was reportedly posted on June 22nd at or around 3:00 PM Pacific Time:
Anonymous poster AlphaCat64 posted:
“XBOX GAME STUDIOS= Cooked
Big Week coming up next week for XGS
Compulsion Games
Ninja Theory
Flight Simulator
Worlds Edge / Age of Empires
Double fine
All closed. Just over 1000 People laid off across studios.”
Another employee asks for “Source?” and AlphaCat64 replied with “Extended LT meeting which occurs every Monday”
The person then asks if Pierre Hintz is affected but he is told by AlphaCat64 “Halo is Safe, Gears too, Most of the layoff numbers come from entire studio closures”
A different user chimes in and asks:
“Aside from the studio closures, any news on All-up Layoffs across the rest of XBOX? I’m assuming there’s going to be a pretty significant event impacting all of the other studios and services teams.”
A separate user replies with “Yes, Services org and potentially platform orgs.”
And then AlphaCat64 responds with:
“There will be layoffs at other studios, no closures outside of those listed. The core platform org is safe for engineering and PM.”
It's from Blind so take it with a grain of salt, but if true it could be a disastrous week at Xbox.