Age of Empires Dev Has Half of Studio Slashed, Project Cancelled Amid Xbox Layoffs
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/09/age-of-empires-dev-has-half-of-studio-slashed-project-cancelled-amid-xbox-layoffs
"According to former employees, the dev has lost roughly half of its team, and now sits under the Activision umbrella. Its latest unannounced project, thought to be Age of Empires 5, has been cancelled."
While I agree with majority of the lay offs that MS has been dishing out, this one does sadden me. The "age of team" has done wonders to bring back classic games that I grew up with and as far as I could tell, the definitive editions weren't flops relative to their budget and expectations. Yea they weren't heavy hitters and sadly, that is likely why the team has been laid off. But man, there was something there for us RTS folks.
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