Microsoft makes deep job cuts across Xbox division, cancels games

Jason Schreier

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s gaming division began cutting hundreds of employees on Wednesday, part of a broader culling at the software company as it seeks to control costs.

Subsidiaries across the gaming organization were told that they would be affected by the layoffs. Microsoft’s Stockholm-based King division, which makes Candy Crush, is cutting 10% of its staff, or about 200 jobs, according to people familiar with the plans. Other European offices, such as ZeniMax...