Xbox is closing down studios to help fund more Halo claim insiders

Xbox’s original Spartan (Microsoft)Microsoft’s impending layoffs are partly designed to allocate resources to Halo and other franchises, according to multiple insiders. The games industry is bracing for massive layoffs at Xbox this month, as part of CEO Asha Sharma’s promise to ‘reset’ the company. While the full extent of these cutbacks is yet to be confirmed, we’ve already seen Microsoft pull funding on a project from 007 First Light developer IO