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Zippy6 said:

- Hellblade developer Ninja Theory faces closure after two buyout talks fell through.

- Halo will now be entirely led by Call of Duty publisher Activision. Halo Studios will continue to support existing in-market projects, while a new purpose-built team will make the next Halo game.

- Rare and Age of Empires division World’s Edge will also report to Activision.

- Turn10 will be folded into Playground Games.

- There will be 268 job cuts across Halo Studios, other first-party teams and the Xbox Game Studios central organization.

https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/halo-to-activision-xbox-merges-studios

The moves pretty much all make sense. Minus Rare and World's Edge joining Activision. World's Edge, being an RTS studio, would make more sense to join Blizzard. Rare...maybe they will work on something like a new Crash or support Toys for Bob on the new Spyro.

Halo Studios clearly can't be trusted with Halo, so I get that. 

Sucks for Ninja Theory. I hope they are able to find a buyer.