Microsoft cuts hundreds more jobs, shifts next ‘Halo’ game to Activision in Xbox overhaul

Microsoft cut hundreds of additional jobs Tuesday, including 268 across its Xbox game studios. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is making hundreds of additional layoffs on Tuesday morning, continuing the Xbox restructuring announced in July but also extending beyond it with job cuts in areas including cloud, AI, marketing and research. The company said the total reductions number fewer than 600 globally.