Leroy

[Vithaliy @Vithaliy]

Kolo Muani a raison de tirer. Il peut faire la passe mais c'est pas forcément plus une option fiable.
Sorloth en revanche a fait un non-choix. Il a temporisé et s'est retrouvé dans un spot ou tirer n'était plus une option et c'était trop tard pour passer.

[Frank X. Shaw @fxshaw]

Lots of bad information out there --let's clear it up.

• Recent workforce changes were made to restructure the XBOX business because it is not healthy. They were not made to replace employees with foreign workers.
• The H-1B figures being referenced are Microsoft-wide visa renewals and new hire applications. They are not specific to XBOX and represent a small percentage of Microsoft's overall workforce. And the majority of roles impacted were not American roles.
• XBOX is the largest employer of American workers in the gaming industry and the largest American gaming company.
• And Asha is an American born, raised, and educated CEO, from Wisconsin.

[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

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

💸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Declan Rice when asked to give advice to Elliot Anderson after becoming £116m player: “I couldn’t control what I went for, he can’t control what he’s going for.”

[Leroy @l_llero]

@RmcnationX 1- Naruto
2- Hashirama
3- Minato
4- Hiruzen
5- Tobirama
6- Tsunade
7- Kakashi

[Jez @JezCorden]

NEW: Arkane Studios has found a new president in the form of Jerk Gustafsson of MachineGames.

Could this be a positive sign for Xbox's renowned Dishonored studio?

https://t.co/ddFyw2PCAt

It was reported last week that Arkane was in the firing line to be closed, but this latest information suggests that Microsoft has found another path forward for the legendary Dishonored team. Now working on Marvel's Blade.

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Xbox is working on a disc to digital feature that will allow players to get digital copies of their physical games.

(Source: https://t.co/VAwo47GU84)

[Paris Saint-Germain @PSG_inside]

Gonçalo Ramos rejoint l'AC Milan.

Après trois saisons passées au Paris Saint-Germain et pas moins de 12 trophées remportés dont deux Ligue des champions consécutives, Gonçalo Ramos s’engage avec l’AC Milan, dans le cadre d’un transfert définitif.

🗞️ https://t.co/6gwPO7i57n

[⭐️⭐️ @CompsJeune]

Manchester City et Liverpool

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🔴⚪️ Atlético Madrid are advancing on Kang-in Lee deal with Paris Saint-Germain, agreement done on player side days ago.

PSG want Maghnes Akliouche to replace Kang-in as exclusively revealed yesterday…

…as also Gonçalo Ramos leaves and joins AC Milan.

[Leroy @l_llero]

😂😂👍

[moi @FreshP_]

#Mercato l D’après mes infos, le psg s’apprêterait à recruter un joueur pouvant évoluer à un des 11 postes disponible sur le terrain. Le joueur est sur les tablettes de plusieurs club. Son prix serait supérieur à 5 millions d’euros.
Les contacts seraient très avancés #PSG

[ParisTeam @Paristeamfr]

😅😅 Épisode 9875… La Juventus aurait trouvé un accord avec Randal Kolo Muani et discute désormais avec le PSG pour un transfert. On va tout de même attendre avant de s’emballer… Le feuilleton de l’été dernier a suffisamment agacé les dirigeants parisiens. 🔴🔵 #PSG

[⭐️⭐️ @CompsJeune]

@justmee_243 Le jour où Simeone partira ce sera le plus beau jour de l’ATM

[⭐️⭐️ @CompsJeune]

C’est parfait un endroit tranquille est sain pour lui pour progresser tranquillement Famalicao plutôt un bon club arriver 5 eme la saison dernière en Liga Portugal est qui sort souvent de bon joueur un club parfait pour rejoindre un des trois gros portugais (Porto,Benfica,Sporting)

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Arsenal exploring deal to sign Christos Tzolis from Club Brugge. 24yo left-sided winger expected to be gettable for ~€40m. Move for Greece international does not impact #AFC interest in Morgan Rogers or other options to strengthen attack @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/lBe1BINfU2

[Leroy @l_llero]

@Nymouse__Anno Oh, wow, I'm sorry 😔

[Leroy @l_llero]

@ofbomberlo32

[Leroy @l_llero]

@Nnnnnn1015746 @taebospace @hinatauzumaki7_ Sarada trying to save Boruto without listening to Sumire's words 👇

[Leroy @l_llero]

@Nnnnnn1015746 @taebospace @hinatauzumaki7_ Actually, your girl was paralyzed, and because of her, Boruto lost an eye. Shikamaru, Mitsuki, and Sasuke were the ones who really saved him 🤷. So Sumire was right.