Microsoft Layoffs Killing Halo - Inside Games

I thought Spartans never died 😢

Also lol at Google announcing 12,000 layoffs less than 12 hours after us saying they hadn't done it yet —

[New York Times] Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs - https://nyti.ms/3ky6uJy

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Sources --

[CNBC] Microsoft is laying off 10,000 employees - https://cnb.cx/3Wnj9fE

[Microsoft Blog] Subject: Focusing on our short- and long-term opportunity - https://bit.ly/3ZLQAvd

[CRN] Microsoft’s Top Compensated Execs In 2022; Satya Nadella Leads With $55M - https://bit.ly/3kwZnkj

[Bloomberg] Microsoft Cuts Include Game Divisions Behind Halo, Starfield - https://bloom.bg/3kwlXcQ

[Kotaku] Microsoft Slashes 10K Jobs, Including At Xbox And Halo Studios - https://bit.ly/3GV09z7

[Mastodon, che chou] https://bit.ly/3WjmQTj

[LinkedIn, Neill Harrison] https://bit.ly/3CZVhaS

[Twitter, Christopher Blohm] https://bit.ly/3D0xmbu

[Eurogamer] Halo veteran Joseph Staten to leave 343 Industries - https://bit.ly/3iO88Gr

[Eurogamer] Halo Infinite's multiplayer creative director parts ways with 343 Industries - https://bit.ly/3QOEDAV

[Eurogamer] Ex-Halo Infinite developers criticize "incompetent leadership" at Microsoft - https://bit.ly/3XJVmrm

[Twitter, Patrick Wren] https://bit.ly/3Xq32yX, https://bit.ly/3weuYd8

[Twitter, Nick] https://bit.ly/3HrDmg9

[Twitter, Stephen Barton] https://bit.ly/3J0M6e4

[Twitter, Tyler Owens] https://bit.ly/3Y0FzVh

[Twitter, EckhartsLadder] https://bit.ly/3iKUALT, https://bit.ly/3iO1FLu

[reddit, r/halo, TheEternalGazed] https://bit.ly/3QTfBjR

[reddit, r/halo, Kiu_98] https://bit.ly/3CWuTyv

[reddit, r/halo, ALPB11] https://bit.ly/3HfFYxq

[Halo Waypoint] Yuletidings & Yonder - https://bit.ly/3wgDJnd

[Wall Street Journal] Unity Software Lays Off More Workers as Tech Job Cuts Grow - https://on.wsj.com/3wgVlzb

[Wall Street Journal] Unity Software Becomes Latest Tech Company to Announce Layoffs - https://on.wsj.com/3XqqxIr

[Eurogamer] Riot Games reportedly making layoffs - https://bit.ly/3QUc7xu

[Twitter, Jacob Wolf] https://bit.ly/3ZHY9mF

[Layoffs.fyi] https://bit.ly/3D1mI4l

[Wall Street Journal] Amazon Layoffs to Hit Over 18,000 Workers, the Most in Recent Tech Wave - https://on.wsj.com/3XmA8zL

[Wall Street Journal] Amazon Confirms Corporate Staff Cuts That Could Hit 10,000 Employees - https://on.wsj.com/3XEA52J

[Seeking Alpha] Google: When Will Pichai Drop The Axe? - https://bit.ly/3WwU560

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