Xbox to Undergo New Round of Layoffs Affecting “Several” Employees, Will Consolidate Studios – Rumor

{
  "signal_id": "e274acc4-6094-67d7-c424-aee1f3fd00bc",
  "signal_type": "news",
  "signal_subtype": "retires_from",
  "detected_at": "2026-09-22T12:16:03+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Xbox",
    "domain": "xbox.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "url": "https://gamingbolt.com/xbox-to-undergo-new-round-of-layoffs-affecting-several-employees-will-consolidate-studios-rumor",
    "title": "Xbox to Undergo New Round of Layoffs Affecting “Several” Employees, Will Consolidate Studios – Rumor - GamingBolt",
    "contact": "Dave McCarthy",
    "excerpt": "Following Microsoft’s mass layoffs from just a couple of months ago, the company is now seemingly getting ready for another round of job cuts. According to The Information , the company is getting ready to eliminate hundreds of employees across “several” of the studios under the Xbox banner. The publication has noted that Xbox hasn’t yet responded to any requests for comment regarding its reported layoffs. The proceedings will also result in some of the studios being joined together. Which studios are going to be affected by the company’s new round of layoffs remains unknown, but reports have indicated that Blizzard is set to be hit, with Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier noting in a recent episode of the 8-4 Play podcast that cuts at the World of Warcraft developer are “imminent”. The company had gone through 1,600 job cuts in July, affecting studios like id Software, Bethesda, and many others in the process. However, at the time, CEO Asha Sharma had said that Xbox would be going through roughly 1,600 more job cuts before the end of the fiscal year . “I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building Xbox,” said Sharma in a statement at the time. “Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved Xbox. Today’s decisions do not reflect their...",
    "summary": "Dave McCarthy has retired from his position as COO of Xbox after 17 years with the company.",
    "planning": false,
    "image_url": "https://gamingbolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/xbox-logo-scaled.jpg",
    "job_title": "COO",
    "confidence": 1,
    "published_at": "2026-09-22T12:16:03Z",
    "job_title_tags": [
      "directors",
      "management"
    ],
    "article_sentence": "When discussing the idea of “resetting Xbox”, Sharma also announced that the division was getting a brand-new COO – Helen Chiang – who took over the position from Dave McCarthy, who has since retired after having worked at the company for 17 years."
  }
}

curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/e274acc4-6094-67d7-c424-aee1f3fd00bc \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"xbox.com","limit":20}'