Microsoft lays off 268 Xbox staffers across Halo and other studios, as part of an ongoing gaming "reset"; Activision will take over Halo and two other games (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft lays off 268 Xbox staffers across Halo and other studios, as part of an ongoing gaming “reset”; Activision will take over Halo and two other games — Deals to sell off Ninja Theory fell through over the summer. … Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today …