Overview
- Multiple Ninja Theory developers posted on LinkedIn on Monday saying they are at risk of redundancy or have already left the studio.
- Xbox COO Matt Booty confirmed two separate agreements to divest Ninja Theory fell through and said the company has begun a formal consultation on a proposed closure.
- The studio’s new Hellblade title Senua, unveiled at June’s Xbox Games Showcase with a reported 2027 window, is now reported as uncertain and at risk of not being completed.
- The exact number of job losses has not been confirmed and Xbox says it is still exploring options while the UK consultation — a legal redundancy process — proceeds.
- The moves follow Xbox’s wider ‘reset’ of its games division that plans roughly 3,200 cuts and has already led to other studios being spun out or entering consultations.