Xbox Layoffs May 2025 Announcement. Around 650 roles are being eliminated, months after microsoft made big cuts following its activision deal. The technology giant had said in january it would let go of 1,900 employees at activision blizzard and xbox.

Today’s layoffs come just a few months after some big xbox leadership changes saw sarah bond promoted to xbox president, leading all xbox platform and hardware work. Microsoft said thursday that it is cutting 650 roles at its xbox gaming division, in the latest major round of layoffs to hit the video game industry.