It's been a rough few days for Xbox, its teams, and its fans. After 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:rumors surfaced late last month that Microsoft was planning yet another round of layoffs, the news we feared came to pass this week, with the company beginning its fourth round of redundancies in just 18 moܫnths.

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Naturally, with such drastic cuts and so many cancellations, rumors began to surface that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hideo Kojima's long-in-development OD, which is being published by 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Xbox Game Studios, had a♎lso faced the chop. It seems, though, that these reports were wideꩲ of the mark.

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Development on the game 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:has been suspended since last year, alongside work on Physint, another game Kojima is producing, due to the SAG-AFTRA strikes. With Microsoft's recent sweဣeping cuts, there was some concern that OD could be a caܫsualty.

A new report from , however, suggests that isn't the case. According to the site's sources, Kojima Productions' game is still being funded by Microsoft; however, it ominously states "at least for now." This could mean the game is on shaky ground, or that it won't necessarily be immune from any further cuts that Microsoft makes in the future, but at least for now, work on one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Kojima's weirdest projects is seemingly moving ahead.

While Kojima Productions remains a separate entity from Microsoft and Xbox, not fully feeling the impact of its recent decisions, other studios have been forced to bear the brunt. Halo Studios' morale has reportedl🌟y been at an "all-🀅time low" for a while now, and Forza Motorsport's Turn 10 has had half of its team removed. It's hard to see Microsoft doing anything other than playing it safe with the likes of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Call of Duty from here on out.