Microsoft cancels its Perfect Dark and Everwild Xbox games

The company is closing The Initiative, too.

The company is closing The Initiative, too.

Microsoft is canceling its Perfect Dark and Everwild games as part of sweeping cuts to its Xbox division. Matt Booty, Xbox president of game content and studios, revealed that Microsoft will be closing The Initiative, the studio behind Perfect Dark, in an internal memo to Xbox employees today.

The cuts are part of layoffs affecting around 9,000 employees across Microsoft, with Turn 10 Studios, the developer behind Forza Motorsport, also hit hard by today’s layoffs.

Here is Booty’s memo to staff:

Following Phil’s note, I want to share more about the changes to the Studios business units.

We have made the

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