Halo Studios Cuts Staff After 1.46 Million Halo: Campaign Evolved Sales as Xbox Pursues 3,200 Layoffs
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Updated · Eurogamer.net · Aug 6
Halo Studios Cuts Staff After 1.46 Million Halo: Campaign Evolved Sales as Xbox Pursues 3,200 Layoffs
3 articles · Updated · Eurogamer.net · Aug 6
Summary
Halo Studios has begun laying off developers about a week after Halo: Campaign Evolved launched, with staff including producer Nick Treitman and scrum master Paul Morris posting public farewells.
3,200 planned Xbox job cuts frame the move: Microsoft said last month that 1,600 roles would go immediately and another 1,600 would be eliminated during the current financial year.
The scale of the Halo Studios cuts remains unclear, and Xbox did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Alinea Analytics estimates Campaign Evolved has sold about 212,000 copies on Steam, 900,000 on Xbox PC and console, and 351,000 on PlayStation, though Game Pass likely dampens direct sales on Xbox and PC.
The cuts extend a broader retrenchment across Microsoft-owned game studios despite the remake's generally positive reviews.