Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees, including Xbox division

The layoffs affected various units, including King division, ZeniMax, Raven Software, Sledgehammer Games, Halo Studios, and Turn 10 Studios, with some projects canceled, including Everwild and Perfect Dark.

Microsoft has confirmed that it will lay off as many as 9,000 workers, in the technology giant's latest wave of job cuts this year. The company said several divisions would be affected without specifying which ones but reports suggest that its Xbox video gaming unit will be hit.

Microsoft's largest layoff in years hits Xbox gaming, sales and other divisions. Microsoft says it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.