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Microsoft Restructures Xbox, Transfers Halo Development to Activision Amid Layoffs
Microsoft has announced further layoffs and studio reorganizations as part of its ongoing 'reset' of Xbox Game Studios. Halo Studios will transition to a support role for existing games, while Activision takes over development of the next Halo title. Additional layoffs affect 268 employees across multiple studios, with further consolidations involving Rare, Obsidian, and others.
6 outletsGamesLeaker Releases Alleged Prototype of Project Dream, the Canceled SNES RPG That Became Banjo-Kazooie
A prototype build of Rare's canceled SNES RPG Project Dream, an early ancestor of Banjo-Kazooie, has surfaced online. The leaker says they released it now to protest Microsoft's treatment of Rare and the games industry at large.
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