World's Edge reportedly loses nearly half its staff in Xbox layoffs

World's Edge, the studio managing the Age of Empires series, has reportedly lost just under half its staff as it moves from Xbox to Activision. Creative director Adam Isgreen and senior engineer Andrew Martz confirmed their layoffs, and a new game project was cancelled.

• World's Edge lost "just under half" of staff in the move to Activision
• The layoffs are part of 268 cuts in Xbox's latest redundancy round
• A new game project at the studio was reportedly cancelled
• Total Xbox layoffs are expected to reach an estimated 3,200