World's Edge loses nearly half its staff and cancels its next game under Activision

World's Edge, the Microsoft team that oversees Age of Empires, lost nearly half its staff and had its next project cancelled in the same reorganization that placed it under Activision.

The shift was outlined in the Continuing Our Reset memo on Xbox Wire on September 22, 2026. Former staff including Andrew Martz and Adam Isgreen described the cancelled next project and layoffs. There is no official confirmation that the cancelled title was a new Age of Empires.

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