Next 'Halo' Game Will Be Made By Activision As Part of XBOX's Massive Restructuring

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Matt Booty, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer of Microsoft's Xbox division, has announced an additional 268 job cuts and restructuring of several first-party studios.

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Microsoft is downgrading 268 more jobs at Xbox and awarding the next Halo title to a new team at Activision. Hellblade studio Ninja Theory threatens to close after two burst sales, while Senua is silent about the US company.

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Microsoft is making the biggest change in the history of the Halo franchise: Activision will now develop the next major Halo game, while Halo Studios, formerly 343 Industries, will be scaled back and will keep existing Halo games and the community going. Updated, 16:16: Microsoft lists the most important changes, while it has just been announced that Ninja Theory is shutting down. Activision will be given an expanded scope of responsibility tha…