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Microsoft confirms it made $27 billion after laying off 9,000 people, and its CEO physically cannot stop talking about AI: "Cloud and AI is the driving force of business transformation across every industry and sector"

"Baffling and sad at the same time": The latest Oblivion Remastered patch was supposed to improve performance, but testing finds reality doesn't match the patch notes

Microsoft CEO channels inner Fallout boss to say 9,000 layoffs are no big deal because "we're investing more," then AI brain hits: "Imagine if all 8 billion people could summon a researcher, an analyst, or a coding agent at their fingertips"

Xbox says goodbye to $80 games for now, drops The Outer Worlds 2 to $70 and promises to "keep our full priced holiday releases" to the old standard

Tired Microsoft employees say layoffs impacting 9,000 people could've been avoided by reducing spending on AI instead: "I can't believe how deep the cuts run"

Minecraft adds the viral Lava Chicken song from the movie into the game, but to get it you'll need to defeat a foe so rare I've not even seen one in my 16 years of playing

Sony wouldn't have "delivered the power" of the PS2 without "the specter of the Dreamcast," says former Sega and Microsoft exec: "Every incumbent needs a challenger to punch them in the face"

"What happened with Microsoft was clear": Former Square Enix exec says Game Pass, "a service with barely any growth," didn't cause layoffs – competition with AI did

Microsoft reportedly doesn't include lost first-party game sales when calculating Xbox Game Pass profits, but the subscription service is apparently earning money regardless

EU publisher group addresses Stop Killing Games movement in early double down: killing online games "must be an option," and this proposal would make them "prohibitively expensive to create"

Xbox executive producer offers "best advice I can" to those caught up in Microsoft's latest lay-off spree – AI prompts to "help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss"

Will Helldivers 2 be on Xbox?

Of the 9,000 workers let go in Microsoft's layoff blitz, less than half were at Xbox specifically

"Phil is not retiring anytime soon": Xbox responds to rumors Phil Spencer is leaving after Microsoft's next console launch

Perfect Dark reboot canceled amid heavy Xbox layoffs, with developer The Initiative shuttered and Forza developer Turn 10 reportedly losing half its staff

Microsoft orders more Xbox layoffs, boss Phil Spencer tells staff "our platform, hardware, and game roadmap have never looked stronger" but the fourth big round of layoffs in 18 months is coming anyway

After 7 years of development, Elder Scrolls Online developer's new MMO is reportedly canceled amid wider Xbox layoffs