In this brutally honest (and unfiltered) episode of Gamer Chronicles, we dive headfirst into the July 2025 Microsoft Xbox layoffs — a corporate shitshow that left thousands of developers jobless, fan-favorite games cancelled, and the future of Xbox murkier than a Fallout vault.
We’re talking:
- 🔥 9,000+ layoffs across Microsoft, with Xbox absolutely gutted
- 💀 Studios shut down (RIP The Initiative, Romero Games funding)
- 🎮 Cancelled games (Perfect Dark, Everwild, and more — gone forever)
- 🧠 Microsoft’s “strategic realignment” (translation: bullshit corporate spin)
- 💣 Fallout from fans, devs, and Phil Spencer’s awkward Sad Dad memo
- 🌍 How the entire gaming industry is on fire (EA, Sony, Embracer, Unity — you name it, they’re laying off)
- 🎯 What this all means for the future of Xbox, Game Pass, and gaming in general
Expect sarcasm. Expect profanity. Expect truth bombs.
Because we’re not pulling punches — we’re calling out the bastards.
🎧 Listen If You Love:
- Gaming news with zero corporate fluff
- Calling out industry arseholes
- Raging at the loss of good games
- Actual transparency and humor in gaming podcasts
- Xbox, but you’re mad at it right now
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