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This has not been a good week for game developers in general, but that’s especially true for the 1,900 staff (8%) Microsoft laid off from its video games division<\/a>. The cuts affected several studios and labels, including Activision Blizzard, which is only three months into the Microsoft group following a lengthy acquisition journey.<\/p>\n

Among the games and teams affected was Odyssey, a survival game in development at Blizzard<\/a>. The entire Odyssey team was let go, and president Mike Ybarra left alongside chief design officer Allen Adham.<\/p>\n

Today, new information about the state of the game, and what ultimately lead to its cancellation, has emerged.<\/p>\n

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This has not been a good week for game developers in general, but that’s especially true for the 1,900 staff (8%) Microsoft laid off from its video games division. The cuts affected several studios and labels, including Activision Blizzard, which is only three months into the Microsoft group following a lengthy acquisition journey. Among the games and teams affected was Odyssey, a survival game in development at Blizzard. The entire Odyssey team was let go, and president Mike Ybarra left alongside chief design officer Allen Adham. Today, new information about the state of the game, and what ultimately lead to its cancellation, has emerged. 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