{
  "id": 9155751,
  "title": "Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox staffers and Ninja Theory may close",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/microsoft-is-laying-off-268-xbox-staffers-and-ninja-theory-may-close",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T14:01:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/news/998589/microsoft-xbox-layoffs-ninja-theory-closure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Microsoft is laying off around 260 Xbox employees today, as part of an ongoing \"reset\" of its gaming business. 1,600 Xbox employees were impacted by layoffs in July, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma describing the cuts as \"the most significant restructure in Xbox history.\" Today's layoffs are part of the 3,200 roles that were previously […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}