According to a report from Variety regarding the mass layoffs at Microsoft today, everything shown at Xbox's Summer Showcase is "continuing on." Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty also confirmed earlier today that Xbox has 40+ projects currently in active development, following the cancellation of Perfect Dark and Everwild.
Xbox had plenty to show off during its Summer Showcase as part of Summer Game Fest 2025, including the reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Grounded 2, new DLC for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, new gameplay for Gears of War: Reloaded and Clockwork Revolution. And if Variety's sources are to be believed, all those projects, and every other first-party project shown during that showcase, are safe from today's cuts and cancellations.
That's not to say the studios working on those games haven't suffered layoffs, just that the projects themselves are safe. The mass layoffs at Microsoft today are across the whole company, not just the gaming division, and with exact details on who has been cut and how many have been laid off still unknown, we can't say for sure that no one at Obsidian, for example, didn't lose their job today.
The details on Microsoft's mass layoff today are still developing. While several of the cuts have been confirmed, like Rare's Everwild getting cancelled, and Perfect Dark being cancelled along with The Initiative shutting down, unconfirmed reports continue to circulate. Forza Motorsport developer Turn10, has reportedly lost 50% of its staff, though that remains unconfirmed at the time of this writing.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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