Xbox Suffers MASS LAYOFFS and New Blizzard IP ODYSSEY Gets Cancelled

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Every Saturday Gaz and Asa chat with games industry guests and content creators about games, other games, and more games.

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Xbox Suffers MASS LAYOFFS and New Blizzard IP ODYSSEY Gets Cancelled - Necessity or Inequity?

GameOnDaily GO LIVE Show

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1 year ago

Xbox Suffers MASS LAYOFFS and New Blizzard IP ODYSSEY Gets Cancelled - Necessity or Inequity?

A very bad week for Xbox as huge layoffs besiege Activision just months after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard King calling into question the future of ABK under the Xbox brand.

Some say it was inevitable and a reflection of the industry as a whole that has suffered such layoffs and others point squarely to consolidation to blame such lay offs. Mike Ybarra, former President at Blizzard will be stepping down but speculation based on his recent comments suggest he may have been ousted. Odyssey, the new IP from Blizzard is also now cancelled after 6 years of development.

Is Xbox in trouble? What does this mean for the future of ABK under Microsoft? Joining us on the panel this week will be: Kirkland Gray ► / @whatsnewvideogames