<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>Microsoft is planning to cut jobs in the company’s Xbox gaming business, as early as next week.</li><li>Upcoming major layoffs are expected to impact Microsoft’s Xbox business and wider parts of the company.</li><li>Microsoft aims to restructure its Xbox business in preparation for the next generation of consoles.</li><li>Microsoft is restructuring Xbox distribution in central Europe, leading to operations being ceased in some regions.</li><li>These upcoming layoffs will add to the 6,000 cuts Microsoft made in May and over 300 impacted earlier this month.</li><li>Recent years have seen significant gaming-related layoffs at Microsoft, including those at Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees.</li><li>In January 2024, Microsoft laid off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, followed by game studio closures including Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin in May 2024.</li><li>In September, Microsoft laid off 650 more Xbox employees, alongside around 1,000 employees cut from HoloLens and Azure cloud teams in June 2023.</li></ul>

Microsoft planning ‘major’ Xbox layoffs next week

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