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| 12.07.2026 | Microsoft Slashes 4,800 Jobs, Xbox Unit Reshapes for AI Future | Microsoft announced significant layoffs. The company cut 4,800 jobs, impacting 2.1% of its global workforce. The Xbox division faced substantial restructuring. It lost 20% of its staff. Four gaming studios will spin off. This move reflects ... |
| 07.07.2026 | How Xbox became the poster child for the video game industry's struggle | The video game industry's problems are crystallizing inside Microsoft's Xbox.
A fresh round of layoffs at the tech giant's games division shows how those pressures are coming home to roost as costs rise and players devote more time to a jus... |
| 06.07.2026 | Microsoft's Xbox cuts 1,600 employees, with plans to shed 20% of its workforce this year | Microsoft's Xbox division plans to cut 20% of its workforce this fiscal year, according to a memo new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma sent to employees on Monday.
Microsoft announced plans to lay off around 4,800 employees, or 2.1% of its global workf... |
| 06.07.2026 | Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs, as Xbox unit downsizes and plans to spin off four gaming studios | Microsoft is laying off 4,800 employees immediately, after carrying out a voluntary retirement program.
The company’s Xbox video game unit is cutting one-fifth of its staff, and four studios will go independent.
Microsoft’s stock is down 19... |
| 06.07.2026 | Microsoft lays off 4,800 employees as AI reshapes the company, Xbox loses 20% of its workforce | Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs in its latest round of layoffs, and the Xbox division is taking one of the biggest hits. Roughly one in five Xbox employees will leave over the next year, marking one of the largest restructurings in the gami... |
| 18.06.2026 | ZeniMax Layoffs Begin: id Software and Doom Developers Face Xbox Reset Cuts | By Mike Gonzales
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| 11.06.2026 | Xbox Braces for Major Cuts as Leadership Warns ‘This Cannot Continue’ | Xbox is reportedly preparing to make major layoffs next month as Microsoft’s gaming division faces pressure over falling revenue, rising hardware costs and questions over its long-term strategy.
According to a Bloomberg report, the layoffs ... |
| 27.02.2026 | Microsoft Gaming Sees Historic Leadership Shift: Sharma Takes Helm as Spencer Departs | Microsoft Gaming undergoes a seismic leadership change. CEO Phil Spencer, a veteran, exits February 23, 2026, alongside Xbox President Sarah Bond. Spencer shaped Xbox with Game Pass and major studio acquisitions. Asha Sharma steps in as the... |
| 21.02.2026 | Глава Microsoft Gaming Фил Спенсер и президент подразделения Xbox Сара Бонд уходят в отставку с 23 февраля | Генеральный директор Microsoft Gaming Фил Спенсер уйдёт в отставку 23 февраля 2026 года спустя 38 работы в Microsoft. Его место займёт Аша Шарма, которая в настоящий момент возглавляет подразделение корпорации CoreAI. Одновременно со Спенсе... |
| 21.12.2025 | Xbox is losing the console race by miles. It’s part of Microsoft’s big gaming pivot | Xbox has been losing the gaming console war for years, as declining hardware sales struggle to compete against the Nintendo Switch and Sony’s PlayStation.
The past year has seen layoffs, price hikes and studio shutdowns in the Microsoft gam... |
| 13.12.2025 | Студия id Software создаёт профсоюз | Большинство сотрудников студии id Software проголосовало за создание «всеобъемлющего» профсоюза, который будет включать весь персонал компании, независимо от выполняемых обязанностей. Некоторые работники студии-разработчика Doom, Quake и Wo... |
| 04.07.2025 | Executivo da Microsoft sugere que funcionários demitidos usem IA para desabafar | Matt Turnbull é produtor executivo da Microsoft (imagem: reprodução)
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| 15.11.2024 | Bookmarks | SpaceX aims for rapid-fire Starship launches in 2025 | SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster lands during SpaceX Starship’s fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas. Kaylee Greenlee Bea/Reuters
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| 03.10.2024 | The Fallout Fan Remake Phenomenon: A Post-Apocalyptic Revival | In the vast universe of video games, few franchises have captured the imagination quite like Fallout. Its blend of retro-futurism, moral dilemmas, and open-world exploration creates a unique experience. As fans eagerly await the next offici... |
| 30.09.2024 | Постапокалипсис и убежища: пять фанатских ремейков Fallout | Бонджорно, мои золотые! Это Идар Табухов — скрам-мастер в МТС Диджитал и фанат компьютерных игр. Здесь немало любителей Fallout, и я не исключение. Причем мне более-менее зашли практически все части, включая Fallout 76 (не бейте). Если вы п... |
| 12.08.2024 | Krafton выкупил разработчика Hi-Fi Rush у Microsoft | Южнокорейский издатель Krafton спас от закрытия японскую студию Tango Gameworks, создавшую музыкальную игру Hi-Fi Rush. Компания приобрела разработчика и тайтл у Microsoft.
Krafton пообещал Tango Gameworks «плавный переход», чтобы команда м... |
| 09.08.2024 | Чтение на выходные: «Oculus. Как создать лучшую в мире VR компанию и потерять всё?» Блейка Дж. Харриса | Блейк Дж. Харрис — писатель, автор бестселлера «Консольные войны» и режиссер одноименного документального фильма о противостоянии Nintendo и Sega в 90-е. Сегодня мы предлагаем к чтению его книгу о гении-самоучке Палмере Лаки, изобретении Oc... |
| 16.03.2024 | LinkedIn plans to add gaming to its platform | LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social platform, has made a name for itself primarily as a platform for people looking to network and pick up knowledge for professional purposes, and for recruitment — a business that now has more 1 billion us... |
| 11.03.2024 | Тестировщики Activision Blizzard создали крупнейший геймдев профсоюз в США | 8 марта 2024 года профсоюз Communications Workers of America (CWA) сообщил, что к ним присоединились около 600 QA-инженеров из Activision Blizzard, разработчика игр Call Of Duty, Warcraft, Diablo. Таким образом, новый профсоюз Activision Qu... |
| 18.01.2022 | Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard purchase is a disaster for gaming | Microsoft just dropped a bombshell in announcing its intentions to acquire Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion … and I couldn’t be more scared for what this means for the industry at large.
We already saw Microsoft building up to the... |
| 18.07.2019 | Id Software leader Tim Willits will leave after QuakeCon | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Longtime id Software studio director Tim Willits announced in a tweet today that he will leave the company after the company’s upcoming... |
| 18.07.2019 | Id Software leader Tim Willits will leave after QuakeCon | Longtime id Software studio director Tim Willits announced in a tweet today that he will leave the company after the company’s upcoming QuakeCon fan event.
QuakeCon runs from July 25 to July 28 in Dallas, and it will bring to a close Willit... |
| 19.06.2018 | Tim Willits: Rage 2 signals the ‘golden age of id’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Tim Willits believes that id Software, the iconic game development company that created some of gaming’s most cherished brands, is in i... |
| 19.06.2018 | Tim Willits: Rage 2 signals the ‘golden age of id’ | Tim Willits believes that id Software, the iconic game development company that created some of gaming’s most cherished brands, is in its golden age.
The company just announced various games associated with its big brands: Wolfenstein, Doom... |
| 28.01.2017 | The Lawsuit against Facebook's Oculus by Major Gaming Industry Player ZeniMax now in Deliberation
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Search | Earlier this week Patently Apple posted a report titled "Hugo Barra Set to Lead Facebook's Virtual Reality Business." Just as Barra gets started there's a major shadow being cast against Oculus over alleged stolen source code by f... |
| 14.03.2016 | New Money: Tissue Analytics Raises $1.9M, Zenimax Media Scoops $4.5M | Like this? Get a daily dose of D.C.-area funding news in The Beat newsletter. Sign up here.
Here are all of the tech funding deals out of the Washington, D.C., area this week. These are companies that have attracted investment and are keen ... |
| 04.02.2016 | The carnage of Bethesda’s Doom arrives on May 13 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The peaceful month of May is no more. Doom is debuting on May 13.
Bethesda Softworks announced that the remake of the pioneering first-... |
| 24.02.2011 | Skyrim gameplay trailer proves Bethesda’s still got the epic touch (video) | The first trailer featuring actual gameplay for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim finally landed this morning, and it’s sure to make the wait for the game’s fall release as unbearable for gamers as it is for investors.
Skyrim is the fifth entry i... |
| 28.10.2010 | ZeniMax Media acquires studio of Japanese video game superstar Shinji Mikami | Continuing on its spree of buying up the highest-quality video game makers, ZeniMax Media is announcing today it is acquiring Tango Gameworks, the development studio of Japanese video game superstar Shinji Mikami.
Rockville, Md.-based ZeniM... |
| 28.10.2010 | ZeniMax Media acquires studio of Japanese video game superstar Shinji Mikami | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Continuing on its spree of buying up the highest-quality video game makers, ZeniMax Media is announcing today it is acquiring Tango Gam... |
| 07.10.2010 | ZeniMax Media Receives $150M Investment | ZeniMax Media Inc., a Rockville, MD-based publisher of original interactive entertainment content for gaming consoles the PC, and handheld/wireless devices, closed a $150m investment by Providence Equity Partners in convertible preferred st... |
| 06.10.2010 | ZeniMax Media raises $150M for more gory games | There will definitely be more gory big budget video games in our future. ZeniMax Media said today it has raised $150 million in investment from Providence Private Equity Partners.
The money supplements the $300 million that ZeniMax raised f... |
| 15.12.2009 | EA gives up rights to sell id’s next big game, Rage | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
ZeniMax Media announced today it has acquired the rights to publish Rage, the next big game from id Software, which ZeniMax acquired ea... |
| 15.12.2009 | EA gives up rights to sell id’s next big game, Rage | ZeniMax Media announced today it has acquired the rights to publish Rage, the next big game from id Software, which ZeniMax acquired earlier this year.
Previously, Rage was going to be published by Electronic Arts through its EA Partners la... |
| 25.06.2009 | Why legendary game developer John Carmack shelved his ego and sold id to ZeniMax | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s an interview with John Carmack (right), th... |
| 24.06.2009 | Yup, id Software was just bought by Bethesda Softworks' parent company | This was “breaking news” two hours ago, but now it’s just regular news. ZeniMax Media, which is the parent company of Bethesda Softworks, has bought id Software.
It looks like id was looking for a steady flow of cash as its CEO, Todd Hellen... |
| 24.06.2009 | ZeniMax Media buys id Software, legendary maker of Doom | Zenimax Media said today it is buying id Software, the legendary developer of the Doom and Wolfenstein video games. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed.
The deal is a huge development in the game industry, where Mesquite, Texas-based id was... |
| 24.06.2009 | ZeniMax Media buys id Software, legendary maker of Doom | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Zenimax Media said today it is buying id Software, the legendary developer of the Doom and Wolfenstein video games. The purchase price ... |
| - | Наденьте Oculus Rift и приготовьтесь: интерактивное порно приближается | Шлем виртуальной реальности Oculus Rift готовится к порно. Потоковый сервис фильмов для взрослых SugarDVD анонсировал, что работает над приложением для устройства виртуальной реальности Oculus Rift, а именно — разрабатывает фильмы для взрос... |
