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Gaming and Politics idc if they don't mix

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Congress is not serious.

We are voting on a stock trading ban for members of Congress…

BUT Republicans added voter-ID in the legislation.

Not to get Dems to vote for voter-ID,

but to get them to vote against the stock trading ban, so they can use it in the Nov. election.

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@XBOX

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@ModernWarzone Agreed literally have time for like 2 matches before these tokens expire.

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

Such a good movie glad they giviing you your flowers.

[Simu Liu @SimuLiu]

👀

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@TropicPanther @korysverse Omg im literally crying off this one.

[ASHA @asha_shar]

Todd Howard just shared plans for the Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield franchises. These worlds have earned a special place with hundreds of millions of people over many years. I'm looking forward to what's next, including the partnership with Obsidian on a new Fallout game and closer collaboration with ZeniMax Online Studios on The Elder Scrolls. The achievements of these franchises are remarkable: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has crossed 65 million units sold, becoming one of the 10 best-selling games of all time, Fallout 4 has also crossed 35 million units sold, joining the top 25, and Starfield will soon reach over 1 billion hours played.

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

Love it cause thats where I fall off and dont feel like watching a million YouTube videos

[Infinity Ward @InfinityWard]

@TheGhostOfHope Wrong (again.)

Gunny is hand crafted by our developers, not AI. It recommends builds based on the attachments you’ve unlocked for each weapon. It helps make quick loadout changes between matches.

Give it a shot in the Beta.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Trump says Democrats forgot to rig the election in 2016, successfully rigged it while *he* was president in 2020, then forgot how to rig it again in 2024. So the only election Democrats supposedly stole was the one he himself controlled.

You have to be a special kind of stupid to believe this bullshit.

[XBOX Wire @XBOXWire]

XBOX, The Coalition, and NVIDIA announce a PC partnership for Gears of War: E-Day, bringing together one of gaming’s most iconic franchises with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX technologies: https://t.co/PfzG4ik683

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

Life is so much bigger than politics.

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Microsoft has responded to a false conspiracy theory that spread online after the recent Xbox layoffs.

Some people falsely claimed Xbox CEO Asha Sharma was replacing American workers with people on H-1B visas.

Microsoft Chief Communications Officer Frank X. Shaw denied the claim, saying Sharma is “American born, raised, and educated.”

Shaw also called the rumor “false” and added, “Please stop spreading this nonsense.”

[id Software @idSoftware]

A message from id

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

When the last time you seen a devolper in early access keep the price the same at 1.0 launch then off a 30% discount on lauch!

[Palworld @Palworld_EN]

Palworld on Sale on Steam & PlayStation Store!

To celebrate the 1.0 launch, we're offering Palworld at its lowest price ever: 30% OFF!

Don't miss the perfect opportunity to start your journey on the Palpagos Islands! Grab it now!

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@JezCorden If your not confident she isn't about to turn xbox into a beast idk what you wanted. They were literally bleeding cash after investing billions. Trust me if I spend 5k to get my AC fixed I expect it to run better not worse!

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@Bucky_cm No thank you lol

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@AnimexTwts Omg let's fucking gooooo

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

Clip it and ship it XBOX will be reborn within 5 years and possibly taking back the mind share it so desperately needs with Asha's guidance.

[ASHA @asha_shar]

This is an important email I sent today to all employees at XBOX:

Team,

We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I've made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale.

I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today's decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication.

Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX.

First, we will reset our content portfolio.

Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision.

Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options.

We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions.

In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX.

Second, we will reset our platform.

We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify.

We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend.

Third, we are resetting how we operate.

As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done.

For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results.

Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX's history. We wish him all the best.

These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we've seen before. This year, we'll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we'll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates.

I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027.

History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them.

Asha

[Gaz @Septic_Sauce]

Xbox let the studios retain their independence and IP's. No games cancelled or forced closures.

[Jamie Moran @JamieMoranUK]

When Xbox Layoffs RUMOURS started there were actual people in the Games Media that called for the End of Xbox

PlayStation actually Lays off 300+ People, Ends Future Destiny Content, Ends Physical Media and I’m not seeing that same energy.

Bit Odd

[SuperXbot @UnkilledTitan]

@ANIME2YT Bro she gonna be a beast when they done training her ass!