Obsidian Cancels Projects, Starts New Fallout Game After Cutting About 25% of Staff
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 11
Obsidian Cancels Projects, Starts New Fallout Game After Cutting About 25% of Staff
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 11
Summary
Obsidian Entertainment canceled multiple projects and began work on a new Fallout title, according to people familiar with the matter.
About a quarter of the Irvine, California-based studio's workforce was laid off as Microsoft reshaped Xbox's gaming operations.
The shift follows earlier reports that roughly 50 Obsidian staff were cut and development moved away from an Avowed sequel toward Fallout.
The changes fit Microsoft's wider Xbox restructuring, which previously was reported to affect about 1,600 gaming-division employees and to favor major franchises such as Fallout and Halo.