{"id":724557,"date":"2025-11-20T06:21:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:21:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:21:43","slug":"microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in January alone.\n<\/p>\n

This news was first broken by IGN<\/a>, which calims to have been shown a memo from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. While it is currently unclear which exact teams within its gaming departments have been affected, this internal memo states that those being laid off “have all played an important part in the success of Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and the Xbox teams”.\n<\/p>\n

The full memo published by IGN can be read below:\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in January alone. This news was first broken by IGN, which calims to have been shown a memo from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. While it is currently unclear which exact teams within its gaming departments have been affected, this internal memo states that those being laid off “have all played an important part in the success of Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and the Xbox teams”. The full memo published by IGN can be read below: Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":724558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[85,2879,550,134],"class_list":["post-724557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vg24-7","tag-activision-blizzard","tag-bethesda-game-studios","tag-layoffs","tag-microsoft"],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arcade News\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"headline\":\"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":108,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Activision Blizzard\",\"bethesda game studios\",\"layoffs\",\"Microsoft\"],\"articleSection\":[\"VG24\\\/7\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\"},\"description\":\"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":270,\"caption\":\"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"description\":\"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839\",\"name\":\"Arcade News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Arcade News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cricketgames.tv\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/arcader.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/arcade-news\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News","description":"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News","og_description":"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in","og_url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/","og_site_name":"Arcade News","article_published_time":"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":480,"height":270,"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arcade News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arcade News"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/"},"author":{"name":"Arcade News","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"headline":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division","datePublished":"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/"},"wordCount":108,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg","keywords":["Activision Blizzard","bethesda game studios","layoffs","Microsoft"],"articleSection":["VG24\/7"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/","name":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division | Arcader News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-20T06:21:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839"},"description":"Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division.jpg","width":480,"height":270,"caption":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/microsoft-lays-of-1900-staff-from-its-video-game-division\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Microsoft lays of 1,900 staff from its video game division"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/","name":"Arcade News","description":"Free Arcade News from the Best Online Sources","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8460f5e5076b52fb2369f2f7ce6f2839","name":"Arcade News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fea48a614d86edd987bc7bb25f4707c69546d4b1f78ad4aa20b26316bad1f9d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Arcade News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/cricketgames.tv"],"url":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/author\/arcade-news\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398256,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724557\/revisions\/1398256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}