Xbox's Ninja Theory Begins Layoffs After 2 Failed Rescue Deals, Witcher 3 Hits 137,724 Players

Ninja Theory, the Hellblade studio, has started layoffs a month after Xbox announced its closure, Supermassive Games cut more than 70 jobs, and The Witcher 3 hit 137,724 concurrent players on Steam. Here's everything that happened in games in the last 24 hours. 🗡️ Ninja Theory: The cuts are part of an Xbox restructuring of about 3,200 jobs over a year, and Matt Booty said only three quarters of the planned changes are done, which points to more layoffs. 🌴 GTA 6: The game has been in development since 2014, launches on November 19 and will have more than 150 animal species. 💾 Gears of War: E-Day: The Series S has only 10 GB of RAM against 16 GB on the Series X, and The Coalition also removed Lumen reflections on the smaller console. 🎬 ARC Raiders: The deal was reported by Variety, and ARC Raiders gets its Frozen Trail update on October 6 with a redesigned Celeste. 🐺 The Witcher 3: The game sold 130,000 copies in a single day, almost 3 million dollars, and passed 66 million copies in total. 🏀 NBA 2K25: Servers close on January 1, 2027, but Play Now, MyNBA, The W and MyWNBA will still work offline. 🎭 Supermassive Games: The studio had more than 400 people and warned in August that up to 75 roles could go. 🐉 RuneScape: It was the second AI controversy for Jagex in a few days, after a 100 Thieves shirt, and the company says it will hire community creators to tell the Dragon Slayer 2 story.