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🦩Right now, this figure of 35 layoffs is being reported by Tom Henderson of as well as Crash and Spyro YouTuber, . Multiple developers have also taken to social media to share that they have lost their jobs in the layoffs.
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Much like last time, head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that it was a "painful decision" to cut so many jobs. But as executives cont🎀inue to make millions in bonuses, the response has done little toꦉ satisfy the developers affected by the layoffs, especially when Microsoft had $70 billion to spend on its Activision Blizzard acquisition. That said, the acquisition largely seems to be the reason behind these layoffs, as taking on so many more developers meant that there were "areas of overlap", in Spencer's words.
Yet despite this being something that Xbox would be aware of going into the acquisition, it seems that the layoffs were poorly communicated. Online, developers shared that they were left waiting for reassurance that their job was safe. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier even that some developers had reached out to him for nܫews, as they hadn't been told if they were affected or not.
TheGamer has contacted Toys for Bob for comment.
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