Author: Michael

Last spring, theaters were full of audiences screaming “chicken jockey!” alongside Jack Black as “A Minecraft Movie” soared to become the fifth highest-grossing movie of the year, earning $960 million worldwide. A little more than a year later, the parent company behind the video game the film was based on is no longer celebrating. Earlier this month, Microsoft said Xbox, which owns the studio behind the uber-popular game, would be laying off 20% of its teams between this summer and fiscal year 2027. Roughly 3,200 people are expected to lose their jobs in the latest rounds of sweeping cuts for…

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