Reports and rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month, and the first blood has now been spilled. Bloomberg reports that Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees,

Microsoft's company-wide layoffs have started to affect the Xbox teams, with King being reduced by some 10% of workers, ZeniMax Europe also cutting.

Microsoft has confirmed a new round of layoffs affecting up to 9,000 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce, as the tech giant restructures its