This week, Niki, Lotus, and John address the sweeping, disastrous layoffs and closures stemming from the "reset" Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has started.

00:00:00 Intro & Cup Talk

00:11:40 Xbox layoffs by the numbers

00:14:55 Id Software decimated by the moves

00:18:52 Obsidian loses staff and shifts focus to Fallout (a previous report that Avowed 2 has been canceled has been refuted by the developer since this recording)

00:25:32 Zenimax loses over 350 employees

00:29:11 350 others are left without jobs from divested and sold studios

00:32:47 IOI closes Istanbul studio after Xbox divestment

00:41:18 Hardship fund created for laid off developers

00:47:35 Bethesda union holding protests at different cities July 15

00:55:00 Niki proposes an analogy to the US Men's Soccer Team

01:02:08 Do average gamers know or care that this is all happening?

01:14:45 Niki has returned to NBA 2K26 and is having fun now

01:24:55 HIVE QUESTIONS

02:05:00 Outro & Interview Shows

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