Microsoft has ceased development on the Xbox game projects Perfect Dark and Everwild, leading to the closure of The Initiative studio.

Xbox laying off a reported 9,000 additional staff has had a major impact. From game cancellations to teams shuttering, here’s the damage.

Microsoft has halted development on two high-profile Xbox games, Perfect Dark and Everwild, and is closing the studio behind one of them.

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Microsoft is laying off thousands of workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years. The ...

Xbox's Perfect Dark reboot, first announced in 2022, has been canceled. Its developer, The Initiative, is also shutting down, ...

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Microsoft has cancelled its Perfect Dark reboot and shut down The Initiative, the US-based studio that has been working on ...

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