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CS2 Pros Back 360Hz, Say Gains Fade Past It [2026]
A year-old hot take just got backed up by two Counter-Strike 2 professionals standing on a tournament floor in Warsaw. PC Gamer published a report on September 22,…
Undead Labs Splits From Xbox Same Day as 268 Cuts [2026]
Microsoft handed Xbox players two pieces of news on September 22, 2026, and only one of them was good. Undead Labs, the Seattle-area studio behind State of Decay,…
Ninja Theory Nears Closure as Xbox Cuts 268 Jobs [2026]
Microsoft has opened the door to shutting down Ninja Theory, the Cambridge, UK studio behind Hellblade and Hellblade II, after two separate deals meant to save the developer…
Gears of War E-Day Director Cut 5 Days After Gold [2026]
Juan Vaca spent five days as one of the happiest people at The Coalition. On September 17, 2026, he posted that Gears of War: E-Day had gone gold,…
Xbox Studio Reset Hits 75%: Inside Microsoft’s Bet [2026]
Microsoft cut another 268 roles from Xbox on September 22, 2026, folding Halo Studios, several other first-party teams, and the Xbox Game Studios management layer into a smaller,…
Xbox Merges 6 Studios Into 4 Units, 75% Restructured [2026]
Microsoft spent September 22, 2026 tearing up its own org chart. Xbox Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff the company would cut 268 roles across Halo Studios,…
Halo Director Promoted 48 Hours Before Layoff [2026]
Josh Daniels spent Monday with a promotion. By Tuesday, September 22, 2026, he had no job at all. The Halo Studios cinematic director posted the news on LinkedIn…
Rocket League Skips 2 Engines, Jumps UE3 to UE6 [2026]
Psyonix just showed the clearest look yet at where Rocket League is headed, and the number that matters is one most game studios would never admit to: three.…
Xbox Cuts 268 Jobs, Hands Halo to Activision [2026]
Microsoft cut another 268 jobs across its Xbox division on September 22, 2026, and this time the fallout reaches past a headcount number. Halo, the franchise that built…
Xbox Cuts Loom: Just 1,900 Workers Have Union Cover [2026]
Xbox is bracing for another round of cuts. The Information reported this week that Microsoft’s gaming division plans to lay off “hundreds” of employees during the week of…
