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Xbox is undergoing major restructuring with layoffs, studio consolidations, and brand dilution, making its future uncertain.
Microsoft is undergoing a massive restructuring of its Xbox studios, with Activision taking over the Halo franchise and other key titles like Sea of Thieves and Age of Empires. The changes include layoffs and studio closures as part of a broader reorganization effort in the gaming industry.
Microsoft has unveiled a 25th anniversary Halo-themed collection of limited edition gaming accessories, featuring translucent green designs inspired by the original Xbox Halo console.
A report on building the world's first cluster of AMD Ryzen AI Halo processors, which turns out to be underwhelming despite its novelty.
Halo: Campaign Evolved, a remake of Halo: Combat Evolved built in Unreal Engine 5, launches on July 28th for Xbox Series S/X, PC, and PS5, featuring new prequel missions, 4K visuals, and co-op modes.
The Xbox Games Showcase 2026 highlighted upcoming titles like Gears of War: E-Day, Fable, and Halo: Combat Evolved, while also revealing confusion over Microsoft's exclusivity strategy with some games coming to PS5 and others not. New Xbox leadership hints at a 'return of Xbox' amid broader changes.
AMD announces the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform for local AI development, capable of running models up to 200B parameters, and the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series processors for commercial AI PCs, enabling agentic AI workloads locally.
HALO uses RLMs to optimize AI agent harnesses by analyzing execution traces and suggesting improvements, achieving 10%+ gains on several benchmarks like Terminal-Bench and AppWorld.