Today's announcements regarding the restructure at Xbox Game Studios have switched things up in a big way over at Microsoft, with Activision in particular now taking responsibility for some major names in Halo, Rare and World's Edge.
All of this means that Xbox Game Studios itself is now leaner than we can ever remember - just a handful of teams are still classified as XGS members, with those being The Coalition (Gears of War: E-Day), InXile Entertainment (Clockwork Revolution), Playground Games and Turn 10 (Forza, Fable), and then a few others that you or may not consider to be part of XGS now, such as Mojang (Minecraft) and Halo Studios (Halo: Campaign Evolved).
To help visualise all this, beloved Xbox fan Klobrille has published a preliminary infographic today that showcases just how stacked Bethesda and particularly Activision have become as part of the restructure.
Now, there are a couple of things you could debate in here, such as Halo Studios being added to the Activision section as a "Legacy Support" team, but as Klobrille says, certain things aren't fully clear yet about the future for these studios.
In any case, this is a fascinating early look at how Xbox has been restructured going forward, and how Xbox Game Studios seems to essentially be winding down as a brand. Let's not forget that The Coalition, Mojang, InXile and Playground/Turn 10 all have new games releasing soon, so who knows what'll happen to their branding going forward.
Anyway, what do you reckon to this? Are you surprised to see Xbox putting less emphasis on Xbox Game Studios nowadays, and how do you feel about the likes of Rare and World's Edge becoming part of Activision? Tell us below.
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