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 employed 228,000 full-time workers as of June 2024, the last time it reported its annual headcount. Its latest layoffs would cut fewer than 4% of that workforce, according to Microsoft. But it has already had at least three layoffs this year and it's unlikely that new hiring has matched the amount lost.