Microsoft's gaming division is undergoing significant layoffs, particularly affecting staff at King, the developer of Candy Crush. Employees involved in narrative, UX, level design, and user research have been informed their positions are at risk due to the implementation of AI tools they helped create. The copywriting team faces similar reductions, with expectations of major cuts. One source expressed discontent about replacing human workers with AI for efficiency and profit, estimating over 200 job losses company-wide. This upheaval is generating frustration among developers at Halo Studios as well.
The fact AI tools are replacing people is absolutely disgusting but it's all about efficiency and profits even though the company is doing great overall.
If we're introducing more feedback loops then it's crazy to remove the developers themselves, we need more hands and less leadership.
The company-wide staff cuts could end up being more than 200, which was the number reported by Bloomberg when it reported the news of the broader layoffs.
Microsoft was trying its "damnest to replace as many jobs as [it] can with AI agents" as it increasingly pushes Copilot on its staff.
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