Microsoft spent a large chunk of time–and cash–acquiring new studios throughout the 2010s and 2020s, but its biggest move was ...

Xbox owns a lot of studios across the globe; here's which ones are still active and which are not as of July 2026 ...

Double Fine and Compulsion Games will become independent studios, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs will join new ownership, and ...

Microsoft's gaming brand cut 1,600 employees on Monday, with an additional round of layoffs expected before June 2027, ...

The World of Warcraft and Overwatch maker seems to have largely been spared from Xbox's broader cuts, although the future ...

There are rumors right now that Activision could take over Halo, or that it could function like a Blizzard franchise, but ...

Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 employees in its gaming division just weeks after completing its $69 billion acquisition of video game giant Activision Blizzard. Phil Spencer, the CEO of ...

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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is officially resigning from the company after the completion of Microsoft’s $68.7 billion acquisition of the gaming developer and publisher. Kotick’s last day is ...

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will leave the company on December 29 after 32 years, and remaining Activision Blizzard executives such as Blizzard Entertainment president Mike Ybarra, Activision ...

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