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Microsoft’s Xbox Is Planning More Cuts After Studio Closings

Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative

Photographer: Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg

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The sudden closure of several video-game studios at Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division was the result of a widespread cost-cutting initiative that still isn’t finished.