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Xbox layoffs hit accessibility leadership, calling into question Microsoft’s continued commitment to accessibility initiatives
Yesterday’s 1,600 layoffs at Xbox—just half of the 3,200 job cuts Microsoft intends to inflict on its gaming division by the end of its 2027 fiscal year—seem to have taken a heavy toll on the company’s celebrated accessibility efforts. In the 24 hours since CEO Asha Sharma pronounced Xbox’s “reset,” senior and lead accessibility specialists…
I played 4 hours of The Blood of Dawnwalker and it borrows a heck of a lot from The Witcher 3, for good and bad
Polish studio Rebel Wolves hasn’t been shy about The Witcher 3’s influence on its open world vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker. Based on the four hours I’ve spent with it, I think the resemblance is unmistakable, but tasteful. It’s far better than a clone, and this new studio has a kit bag of ideas…
Bernie Sanders is mad about the Xbox layoffs
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Phil Spencer’s strategy for yesterday’s sweeping layoffs: ‘We simply spread ourselves too thin’
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