About this episode

The episode discusses recent layoffs at Microsoft and their impact on various game studios, alongside market performance of gaming consoles.

This week we're hearing more about imminent layoffs from Microsoft across multiple studios, going as far to even impact partner studios like IO Interactive, where they pulled funding from Project Fantasy and forced IOI to lay employees off. Rumors are saying Arkane Studio is being sold or closed along with their Blade project. Meanwhile, Circana numbers for May 2026 are out and there's some slight growth year over year with the success of Switch 2 outpacing the decline of PS5 and Xbox. #microsoft #arkane #iointeractive #blade #circana #switch2 #ps5 #xbox #videogames #allyoucangeek #aycg #podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim, Corey, Mike, Tony

Topics covered

• video game industry
• layoffs
• studio funding
• console performance
• market analysis

Keywords

• Microsoft
• layoffs
• IO Interactive
• Arkane Studio
• Circana
• Switch 2
• PS5
• Xbox
• video games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, IO Interactive, Arkane Studio, Circana

Products: Project Fantasy, Blade, Switch 2, PS5, Xbox

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