Xbox, What The F*** Are You Doing

After Xbox executives Asha Sharma and Matt Booty made commitments in the past of supporting smaller more niche studios and to nurture them into something bigger, they are now making plans to shut them down. They even announced a new Hellblade game, Senua, days before deciding to shut down the development studio. What the actual f*** are they doing?? SOURCES 1: https://youtu.be/6wN3-lSpIQA?si=_q7ACaWz3iUrjs1b 2: https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/06/10/next-100-days-xbox-reset/ 3: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-10/xbox-plans-significant-layoffs-as-it-transforms-under-new-ceo-asha-sharma?embedded-checkout=true 4: https://x.com/Kotaku/status/2066162600979714094 5: https://x.com/shinobi602/status/2065104215404347655 6: https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/xbox-game-studios-boss-craig-duncan 7: https://www.resetera.com/threads/mike-straw-ive-been-told-of-at-least-two-xbox-studios-that-are-at-risk-of-being-closed-by-the-end-of-the-year-one-of-which-would-come-as-a-shock.1551538/ 8: https://x.com/NextGenPlayer/status/2066565671077490807 9: https://x.com/ManaByte/status/2066639119166709784 10: https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1u6rzbj/french_journalist_corroborates_insider_gamings/?utm_source=ifttt 11: https://kotaku.com/xbox-shuttering-south-of-midnight-peabody-award-compulsion-games-2000706065 12: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-15/studios-in-microsoft-s-xbox-division-brace-for-closures?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTU1NDUzNiwiZXhwIjoxNzgyMTU5MzM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR09XOTRLSVAzTE0wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.qu5M4E4sve-8r60rL_e-Xv-LrGJvIGgWiKLxMitTl5A&leadSource=uverify%20wall 13: https://x.com/SynthPotato/status/2066632639855923225 14: https://www.youtube.com/live/RinXA_k9f4s?si=_yKn_XYfFSqyE_VI 15: https://x.com/tomwarren/status/2066760124161528218 16: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/exclusive-talking-to-new-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-and-cco-matt-booty 17: https://www.ign.com/articles/hi-fi-rush-ip-and-tango-gameworks-acquired-by-krafton-from-xbox-studio-will-no-longer-be-shut-down 18: https://x.com/ballmatthew/status/2066882462974673027 19: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-rumors-are-false-no-microsoft-isnt-already-looking-to-reverse-course-on-xbox-exclusives 20: https://x.com/i/trending/2066532114108219530 21: https://x.com/DoubleFine/status/2066719196944478636 22: https://x.com/TheNCSmaster/status/2066622202573713593 23: https://x.com/thomasmahler/status/2066810669962330434 24: https://x.com/2_Old_4_Gaming/status/2066659045004439667 25: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7472408267743404032/ 26: https://gamerant.com/south-midnight-sales-milestone-1-million-players-interview/ 27: https://steamdb.info/app/1934570/charts/ 28: https://x.com/ManaByte/status/2066664929138999744 29: https://x.com/PaulTassi/status/2066635745922572576 30: https://x.com/i/trending/2065512560313635290 31: https://www.theverge.com/games/948142/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-reset-asha-sharma 32: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/inside-xboxs-margin-crush 33: https://x.com/eXtas1stv/status/2065517448787550385