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Staff at Fallout: New Vegas Developer Obsidian Reportedly Left Unsure How 'Huge List of Projects' Can Continue After Xbox Layoffs Hit Hard

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Obsidian Entertainment is also one of the most popular first party studios on Xbox. There, so many people have to pack their stuff so that the future of various planned projects is uncertain. What happens at Obsidian? According to a report by Kotachu, Obsidian Entertainment is not supposed to be sold or closed in the course of the large discharge wave at Xbox, but about 60 to 70 employees are supposed to lose their job – that would affect about …

Terribly prolific in recent years with titles like Avowed, The Outer Worlds 2 or Grounded, the Obsidian studio does not escape the budget cuts and massive layoffs of Microsoft. Indeed, as we announced yesterday, it is 1,600 people who lost their jobs this Monday on the side of Redmond's firm, and it will be the same number of employees who will have to find a new job by the end of the fiscal year that will end in 2027. Today, we learn a little m…

News from HD Tecnología. Visit www.hd-tecnologia.com for the latest news. Xbox’s latest round of layoffs did not close studies, but left several teams badly hit. One of the most important cases is Obsidian Entertainment, which would have lost between 60 and 70 employees. That figure represents about 25% of its total team. The cuts reportedly affected artists, screenwriters, programmers, designers, testers and even the studio’s only recruiter. Am…

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