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Part of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog team let go
xbox360fanboy.com - 1/23/2009
Part of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog team let go
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Earlier today, Microsoft announced their layoff plans that include 1,400 job cuts effective immediately. Sadly, we now have a few faces to put to those job cutting numbers as we just caught word that two members of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog have been let go. Chris Paladino and Nelson ...
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
gamasutra.com - 1/23/2009
Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio
— gamasutra.com — divider January 23, 2009 Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Report: Microsoft Makes Big... Cuts At Flight Sim Studio Redmond, Washington-based ACES Studio, the Microsoft-owned internal group behind the venerable Microsoft Flight ... (more) Report: Microsoft Makes Big Cuts At Flight Sim Studio

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Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/22/2009
Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about Microsoft
— blogs.zdnet.com — January 22nd, 2009 Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:49 am... Categories: Windows client , Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Zune , Xbox , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Team ... (more) Where are the Microsoft cuts falling? | All about ...

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Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
venturebeat.com - 1/23/2009
Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs
— venturebeat.com — Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off 5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report... that the game division has taken its share of the beating. Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio , dubbed ACES, suffered big layoffs ... (more) Microsoft’s game studios take a beating in layoffs

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Xconomy:  Microsoft Layoff Hits Gaming, Online Services, Real Estate

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Microsoft Layoff Hits Gaming, Online Services, Real Estate
Xconomy — ... that 30 percent of Microsoft’s video game testers have been let go. And at least two members of the company’s Gamerscore Blog are also casualties. So it looks like the cutbacks are hitting some of Microsoft’s gaming divisions hard. ...

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Microsoft Game Studios hit hard by layoffs — CNET News.com 1/23/2009
Among the casualties is ACES, which produced 'Flight Simulator,' Microsoft's longest-running game. But Microsoft said the 'Flight Simulator' franchise will continue in one form or another.