Things have been rough for the Xbox brand as of late, with big cancellations and layoffs affecting many games that Xbox fans care about. One of the biggest games to be canceled with all the changes ...

The Perfect Dark reboot has been cancelled. Reports came to light on July 2, 2025, following the sad news that mass layoffs had hit Xbox. With a leaked memo from Xbox Game Studios president Matt Booty ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook New details for Xbox’s cancelled reboot of Perfect Dark have surfaced online. One of the earliest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. While we knew that large-scale layoffs were coming to ...

TL;DR: Microsoft's Xbox division is closing The Initiative studio and canceling major projects including Perfect Dark reboot, Everwild, and ZeniMax's Blackbird MMORPG amid layoffs. Despite cuts ...