Obsidian Entertainment Loses Approximately 25% of Staff in Xbox Layoffs
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Rebekah Valentine
Summary
Microsoft's latest round of Xbox layoffs has hit Obsidian Entertainment hard, with approximately 60-70 employees (roughly 25% of the studio) being let go. The cuts span all disciplines including producers, artists, designers, programmers, QA testers, and writers, and include employees with over a decade of experience at the studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds, Grounded, and Pentiment.
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kotakuObsidian Entertainment Loses Approximately 25% of Staff in Xbox Layoffskotaku.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledKotaku understands that roughly one-quarter of Obsidian Entertainment, the first-party studio behind Avowed, The Outer Worlds, and Pentiment, is being let go.
Speaking to sources with knowledge of the matter, Kotaku understands that somewhere around 60-70 people were cut.
The layoffs included producers, artists, designers, programmers, QA testers, writers, and others who have worked across Obsidian's prodigious slate of recent releases.
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