ARTISTS, GAME DESIGNERS AND PRODUCERS HIT HARD AS MICROSOFT CUTS 277 JOBS IN WASHINGTON STATE

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Microsoft cut 277 jobs in the Seattle region, according to a newly public WARN Act filing, with artists, game designers and producers among the hardest hit. Art, production, design, and audio roles total 77 positions, while software engineering is the largest single category at 60. Of the cuts, 252 were at the Redmond campus, and 25 were remote, part of a wider Xbox restructuring that also moves the next Halo game to Activision.