# Even Obsidian couldn't escape the Xbox cuts, with losses ranging from a 21-year veteran artist to an engineer who'd only been there 2 months

> Curiously absent from today's mass layoff announcement at Microsoft was legendary RPG studio Obsidian Entertainment, which thus far had navigated Xbox's 2020s layoff waves unscathed.

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/even-obsidian-couldnt-escape-the-xbox-cuts-with-losses-ranging-from-a-21-year-veteran-artist-to-an-engineer-whod-only-been-there-2-months/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4c1beb39d8fe93f9756fce)
- **Published:** 2026-07-06
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #microsoft #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4c1beb39d8fe93f9756fce

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