And all of this is after more layoffs and shutdown 18 months ago which closed Arkan Austin, Alpha Dog Games and the developer of Xbox’s best game in a while, Hi-Fi Rush’s Tango Gameworks, which had to be saved by another company.

Microsoft is canceling its Perfect Dark and Everwild games as part of sweeping cuts to its Xbox division. Xbox Game Studios chief Matt Booty revealed that Microsoft will be closing The Initiative, the studio behind Perfect Dark, in an internal memo to Xbox employees today.

Microsoft has officially canceled the Perfect Dark reboot and Rare's fantasy title Everwild, while also closing The Initiative, the Santa Monica-based studio behind Perfect Dark.