微软再裁数百人,Xbox业务重组中将下一部《光环》游戏转交动视

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微软于周二上午宣布新一轮裁员,涉及数百个岗位,这是该公司7月公布的Xbox重组计划的延续,同时裁员范围还扩大至云计算、人工智能、市场营销和研究等部门。
微软表示,此次全球裁员总数不到600人,其中约300人在华盛顿州。这是近几个月来微软及其他科技公司在西雅图地区持续小幅裁员的又一举措。
在全球范围内,微软将在Xbox游戏工作室裁撤268个岗位,涉及Halo Studios、其他第一方工作室以及该部门的管理和运营团队。
这是Xbox首席执行官阿莎·夏尔马推进更大规模降本增效行动的一部分,旨在整合游戏工作室、减少发行主体,以恢复增长和盈利能力。微软7月曾表示,Xbox将在本财年结束前裁减约3200个岗位,约占该部门员工的20%,夏尔马称之为Xbox历史上最大规模的重组。此次最新的Xbox裁员属于此前已公布数字的一部分。微软周二表示,Xbox重组目前已完成约75%。
Xbox首席内容官马特·布蒂在周二上午发给员工的备忘录中写道:“目标是通过运营更少的业务单元、整合已经紧密合作的团队、集中我们的发行专长,来强化我们的品牌和游戏。”
Xbox重组新细节
下一款《光环》游戏的开发工作将转移至动视。微软于2023年以687亿美元收购了动视。该游戏将由一个独立于《使命召唤》系列的新团队主导。Halo Studios(原343 Industries)将在雷德蒙德保留一个缩减后的团队,负责支持现有《光环》游戏、社区和电竞业务。
动视总裁罗布·科斯蒂奇在声明中表示,公司“已经开始组建一支专门打造的团队,具备独特的能力和人才”。他说,目标是“打造有史以来最伟大的《光环》游戏,配得上其宇宙和传承,同时忠于最初让玩家爱上它的核心要素”。
动视还将接管World‘s Edge——位于雷德蒙德、负责《帝国时代》的工作室,并接管位于英国的《盗贼之海》开发商Rare。
Ninja Theory面临可能关闭的命运。微软7月曾表示已达成协议将这家《地狱之刃》系列开发商转让出去,但该协议以及第二份协议均未能达成。微软正在告知员工该工作室可能关闭,但仍希望能将其转让。
Obsidian Entertainment将并入Bethesda。这家加州工作室曾于2010年作为外部开发商为Bethesda开发了《辐射:新维加斯》,目前正在开发另一款《辐射》宇宙的游戏。Obsidian的《禁闭求生》生存游戏系列也将一并转移。
Microsoft Casual Games将划归King(《糖果传奇》开发商)旗下。该雷德蒙德团队负责开发微软纸牌及其他Windows捆绑游戏。
Turn 10 Studios和Playground Games将合并为单一工作室,负责《极限竞速》赛车游戏和《神鬼寓言》系列。Turn 10位于雷德蒙德,Playground位于英国,两者已在《极限竞速》上合作了十年。
Undead Labs已被剥离。微软表示,这家位于西雅图、开发《腐烂国度》的工作室以与Compulsion Games和Double Fine类似的条款独立,后两者已于8月独立。 《腐烂国度3》将在发售首日登陆Game Pass,由新的发行商发行。
位于法国的Arkane尚未公布结果。它是微软7月决定剥离的五家工作室中最后一家。相关磋商预计将持续到年底。
全公司范围的裁员
微软在华盛顿州裁员的具体细节,包括受影响岗位类型,可能会通过向州就业官员提交的WARN通知后续披露。
微软将Xbox以外的裁员描述为正常业务运作的一部分,称各团队在重新评估自身需求,裁员背后没有单一原因。微软和其他大型科技公司一直在严格控制运营开支,同时向新的AI和云基础设施投入数百亿美元。
微软7月在全球裁减了4800个岗位,约占其员工总数的2%,其中华盛顿州605人。2025年,微软分两轮裁减了超过15000人,5月约6000人,7月约9000人,其中华盛顿州830人。
公司今年还首次提供了自愿退休方案。约8750名符合条件的美国员工中,约30%接受了买断,这减少了7月裁员的规模。
与此同时,微软仍在其他领域继续招聘。公司表示,8月有850名大学毕业生入职,暑期有1300名实习生,其中许多人正被转化为全职岗位。
微软最新的裁员是行业和地区更大趋势的一部分。甲骨文上周在华盛顿州裁减了359个岗位,Zillow在8月裁减了500多人,为今年以来最大规模的一轮。自7月以来,亚马逊、星巴克、T-Mobile、谷歌、Salesforce、TikTok、Uber和Qualtrics都在该地区进行了较小规模的裁员。
中文翻译:
微软于周二上午宣布再裁员数百人,这是7月公布的Xbox重组计划的延续,但裁员范围也超出了Xbox部门,涉及云计算、人工智能、市场和研发等领域。
该公司表示,全球裁员总数不到600人。据公司称,其中约300人在华盛顿州。这延续了微软及其他科技公司近几个月来在西雅图地区持续小规模裁员的趋势。
在全球范围内,该公司正在Xbox游戏工作室裁减268个职位,包括Halo Studios、其他第一方工作室以及该部门的管理和运营团队。
这是Xbox首席执行官阿莎·夏尔马推进更大规模降本增效行动的延续,目的是将游戏工作室整合到更少的发行商旗下,以恢复增长和盈利能力。
微软在7月表示,Xbox将在本财年结束前裁减约3200个职位,约占该部门员工的20%,夏尔马称之为Xbox史上最大规模的重组。最新的Xbox裁员是此前已公布数字的一部分。
该公司周二表示,Xbox重组目前已完成约75%。
“目标是通过运营更少的业务单元、整合已经紧密合作的团队、聚焦我们的发行专长,来强化我们的 franchises 和游戏,”Xbox首席内容官马特·布蒂在周二上午发给员工的备忘录中写道。
Xbox重组新细节
下一部《光环》游戏的开发工作正在转移至动视,微软于2023年以687亿美元收购了该公司。该游戏将由一个独立于《使命召唤》系列的新团队负责。
一个缩减后的团队将留在雷德蒙德的Halo Studios(原343 Industries),负责支持现有的《光环》游戏、社区和电竞。
动视总裁罗布·科斯蒂奇在一份声明中表示,公司“已经开始组建一支专门打造的团队,能力和人才都独一无二。”他说目标是“打造有史以来最伟大的《光环》游戏,配得上其宇宙和传奇地位,同时忠于最初让玩家爱上它的本质。”
动视还将接管World's Edge——位于雷德蒙德、负责《帝国时代》的工作室,并接管Rare——位于英国、负责《盗贼之海》的工作室。
Ninja Theory面临可能被关闭的命运。微软在7月表示已达成协议将这家制作《地狱之刃》系列的工作室转让出去。但该协议未能完成,第二份协议也告吹。微软正在告知员工该工作室可能关闭,但仍希望能将其转让。
Obsidian Entertainment将并入Bethesda。这家加利福尼亚工作室曾在2010年作为外部开发商为Bethesda制作了《辐射:新维加斯》,目前正在开发另一款设定在《辐射》宇宙中的游戏。Obsidian的《Grounded》生存系列也将一并转移。
Microsoft Casual Games将移至King旗下,后者是《糖果传奇》的开发商。雷德蒙德团队负责制作Microsoft Solitaire及其他随Windows捆绑的游戏。
Turn 10 Studios和Playground Games将合并为一个工作室,同时负责《极限竞速》赛车游戏和《神鬼寓言》系列。Turn 10位于雷德蒙德,Playground位于英国。两者已在《极限竞速》上合作了十年。
Undead Labs已被剥离。微软表示,这家位于西雅图、制作《腐烂国度》的工作室以与Compulsion Games和Double Fine类似的条款完成了过渡,后两者已于8月独立,《腐烂国度3》将在新发行商下于首发日登陆Game Pass。
位于法国的Arkane尚未公布结果。这是微软在7月推进剥离的五家工作室中的最后一家。那里的协商预计将持续到年底。
全公司范围的裁员
微软在华盛顿州裁员的具体细节,包括受影响的职位类型,可能会在稍后通过向州就业官员提交的WARN通知中披露。
该公司将Xbox以外的裁员描述为正常业务运营的一部分,因为各团队在重新评估自身需求,裁员背后没有单一原因。微软和其他大型科技公司在投入数百亿美元建设新的AI和云基础设施的同时,一直在严格控制运营开支。
微软在7月全球裁减了4800个职位,约占其员工总数的2%,其中华盛顿州605人。2025年,微软在两轮裁员中裁减了超过15000人,5月约6000人,7月约9000人,其中华盛顿州830人。
该公司今年还首次提供了自愿退休方案。约8750名符合条件的美国员工中约有30%接受了买断,这缩小了7月裁员的规模。
与此同时,微软在其他领域继续招聘。该公司表示,850名大学毕业生于8月入职,夏季有1300名实习生,其中许多人正在被转为全职员工。
微软最新的裁员是行业和该地区更大趋势的一部分。甲骨文上周在华盛顿州裁减了359个职位,Zillow在8月裁减了500多人,是该公司今年最大规模的一轮裁员。自7月以来,亚马逊、星巴克、T-Mobile、谷歌、Salesforce、TikTok、优步和Qualtrics都在该地区进行了较小规模的裁员。
英文来源:
Microsoft is making hundreds of additional layoffs on Tuesday morning, continuing the Xbox restructuring announced in July but also extending beyond it with job cuts in areas including cloud, AI, marketing and research.
The company said the total reductions number fewer than 600 globally. About 300 of them are in Washington state, according to the company. It continues the steady trickle of job cuts by Microsoft and other tech companies in the Seattle region in recent months.
Worldwide, the company is cutting 268 roles in Xbox Game Studios, including Halo Studios, other first-party studios and the division’s management and operating teams.
It’s the continuation of a larger effort by Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to cut costs and consolidate game studios under fewer publishers in an effort to return to growth and profitability.
Microsoft said in July that Xbox would shed about 3,200 roles by the end of its fiscal year, roughly 20% of the division, in what Sharma called the biggest restructuring in Xbox history. The latest Xbox cuts are part of those previously announced numbers.
The company said Tuesday that the Xbox restructuring is now about 75% complete.
“The goal is to strengthen our franchises and games by operating fewer business units, aligning groups that already work closely together, and focusing our publishing expertise,” Matt Booty, Xbox chief content officer, wrote in a memo to employees Tuesday morning.
New Xbox restructuring details
Work on the next Halo game is moving to Activision, which Microsoft acquired in 2023 for $68.7 billion. The game will be led by a new team separate from the Call of Duty franchise.
A reduced team will stay at Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) in Redmond to support existing Halo games, the community and esports.
Rob Kostich, president of Activision, said in a statement that the company has “already begun assembling a purpose-built team, unique in capability and talent.” He said the goal is to “make the greatest Halo game ever, worthy of its universe and legacy, while staying true to what made players love it in the first place.”
Activision is also taking over World’s Edge, the Redmond studio behind Age of Empires, and assuming control of Rare, the English studio behind Sea of Thieves.
Ninja Theory is facing a possible shutdown. Microsoft said in July it had a deal to hand off the studio, which makes the Hellblade series. That agreement fell through, as did a second one. Microsoft is telling employees that the studio could close, but it still hopes to hand it off.
Obsidian Entertainment will become part of Bethesda. The California studio made Fallout: New Vegas for Bethesda in 2010 as an outside developer, and it’s working on another game set in the Fallout universe now. Obsidian’s Grounded survival franchise will move over as well.
Microsoft Casual Games is moving under King, the maker of Candy Crush. The Redmond team makes Microsoft Solitaire and other titles bundled with Windows.
Turn 10 Studios and Playground Games will merge into a single studio, making both the Forza racing games and the Fable series. Turn 10 is in Redmond and Playground is in England. The two have worked together on Forza for a decade.
Undead Labs has been spun off. Microsoft said the Seattle studio behind State of Decay transitioned on terms similar to Compulsion Games and Double Fine, which went independent in August, and that State of Decay 3 will launch on Game Pass on day one with a new publisher.
Arkane in France still has no announced outcome. It’s the last of five studios Microsoft moved to divest in July. Consultations there are expected to run through the end of the year.
Companywide job cuts
More details on Microsoft’s Washington state cuts, including the types of roles affected, will likely emerge later through a WARN notice filed with state employment officials.
The company described the reductions beyond Xbox as part of the normal course of business, as teams reevaluated their needs, with no single cause behind the layoffs. Microsoft and other big tech companies have been keeping a tight rein on operating expenses as they plow tens of billions of dollars into new AI and cloud infrastructure.
Microsoft eliminated 4,800 jobs globally in July, about 2% of its workforce, including 605 in Washington state. In 2025 it cut more than 15,000 across two rounds, about 6,000 in May and around 9,000 in July, including 830 in Washington.
The company also offered voluntary retirement for the first time this year. About 30% of roughly 8,750 eligible U.S. employees took the buyout, which reduced the size of the July layoffs.
At the same time, Microsoft continues to hire in other areas. The company said 850 university hires started in August and that it had 1,300 interns over the summer, many of whom it works to convert into full-time roles.
Microsoft’s latest cuts are part of a larger pattern across the industry and the region. Oracle eliminated 359 jobs in Washington last week, and Zillow cut more than 500 in August, its largest round of the year. Amazon, Starbucks, T-Mobile, Google, Salesforce, TikTok, Uber and Qualtrics have all made smaller cuts in the region since July.
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