I Feel Like Microsoft Hates Video Games

How to Succeed in Games: Close Your Award-Winning Studios?

Alex Rowe

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The hero of Hi-Fi Rush faces a lava-filled scene.
Official Hi-Fi Rush marketing image from the game’s Steam store page, https://store.steampowered.com/app/1817230/HiFi_RUSH/.

This morning, Microsoft “announced” another round of layoffs and studio closures in the latest cold corporate growth-chasing move of the video game industry.

I say “announced” because the company no longer uses their PR team to put these messages out. At least, not directly…

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Alex Rowe

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