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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 Teased, World of Warcraft: Forever Unveils Rule-Breaking Items, Xbox Cuts 268 Jobs Amid Studio Consolidation
Netflix reveals a sneak peek for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners season 2, set for October 20, featuring new characters and a violent storyline. Blizzard introduces rule-breaking items in World of Warcraft: Forever, with a November 4 release. Xbox announces 268 layoffs and studio restructurings, including Halo moving to Activision and multiple studios being merged or sold.
6 outletsBusinessMicrosoft Restructures Xbox, Transfers Halo Development to Activision Amid Layoffs
Microsoft has announced further layoffs and studio reorganizations as part of its ongoing 'reset' of Xbox Game Studios. Halo Studios will transition to a support role for existing games, while Activision takes over development of the next Halo title. Additional layoffs affect 268 employees across multiple studios, with further consolidations involving Rare, Obsidian, and others.
6 outletsGamesModern Warfare 4 Beta Draws Mixed Reactions as Infinity Ward Moves to Fix Spawn, Footstep and TTK Complaints
Players got hands-on with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 over the weekend, and while graphics and environmental detail impressed, complaints about maps, spawns, footstep noise and quick kills prompted Infinity Ward to issue early beta patches, including a new map and mode.
2 outletsBusinessBlizzard Named Xbox's Top-Performing Studio Amid Overwatch and Diablo 4 Resurgence
A leaked internal email from Blizzard President Johanna Faries reportedly shows the studio ended its fiscal year as Xbox's top performer, driven by Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and a major Overwatch comeback — even as Microsoft's Xbox division undergoes sweeping layoffs.
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