{"id":95809,"date":"2024-05-08T11:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/microsofts-xbox-division-is-shutting-down-four-bethesda-studios\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T11:09:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T11:09:30","slug":"microsofts-xbox-division-is-shutting-down-four-bethesda-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/08\/microsofts-xbox-division-is-shutting-down-four-bethesda-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s Xbox Division Is Shutting Down Four Bethesda Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Microsoft has closed Redfall&#8217;s Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush&#8217;s Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hhhs4kkLSh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/Hhhs4kkLSh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GGlJ9panmB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/GGlJ9panmB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 IGN (@IGN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IGN\/status\/1787835076652179814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2021, Microsoft spent $7.5 billion to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Microsoft announced the closure of three of their studios: Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi Rush), Arkane Austin, and Alpha Dog Studios. Roundhouse Games will be absorbed into Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Head of Xbox Games Studios Matt Booty announced the news in an email to staff, in it he blamed the cuts on a \u201creprioritization of titles and resources.\u201d You can read his full statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/microsoft-closes-redfall-developer-arkane-austin-hifi-rush-developer-tango-gameworks-and-more-in-devastating-cuts-at-bethesda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the source<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft previously laid off 1,900 employees at Activision and Xbox at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IGN\/status\/1787835076652179814\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/128353528.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Microsoft has closed Redfall&#8217;s Arkane Austin, HiFi Rush&#8217;s Tango Gameworks, and more in devastating cuts at Bethesda. https:\/\/t.co\/Hhhs4kkLSh pic.twitter.com\/GGlJ9panmB \u2014 IGN (@IGN) May 7, 2024 In 2021, Microsoft spent $7.5 billion to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks. Yesterday, Microsoft announced the closure of three of their studios: Tango Gameworks (Hi-Fi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}