# Microsoft’s Xbox reset is pivoting Obsidian to make Fallout instead of Avowed

> As part of Microsoft’s big Xbox “reset,” which includes layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers, jettisoning studios, and shifting investments to focus on “higher priority projects,” Obsidian Entertainment is changing its…

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/games/963024/microsoft-xbox-reset-obsidian-fallout-layoffs?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a4ec0e24d738dfe68215873)
- **Published:** 2026-07-08
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #microsoft #xbox
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a4ec0e24d738dfe68215873

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