{"id":1241967,"date":"2026-02-27T19:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1851785492"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:29:50","slug":"latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-jobs-at-candy-crush-maker-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-jobs-at-candy-crush-maker-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Round Of Mass Layoffs At Xbox Begin With 200 Jobs At Candy Crush Maker King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-jobs-at-candy-crush-maker-king.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/xbox-prices-layoffs-next-gen-hardware-ps5-1851784992\">Reports and rumors<\/a> of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month and the first blood has now been spilled. <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-07-02\/microsoft-begins-deep-job-cuts-across-xbox-division?sref=P6Q0mxvj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bloomberg reports<\/a> that Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees, or roughly 10 percent of its 2,000 person headcount, with layoffs also underway at other European offices including\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-job-1851785492\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/latest-round-of-mass-layoffs-at-xbox-begin-with-200-job-1851785492\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports and rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month and the first blood has now been spilled. 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