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[keit4]

Hollywood trade magazine Variety reports that Xbox Entertainment Studios, the arm of the company which was developing programs based on its game lineup and original shows featuring TV stars, is no more.

According to Variety, former CBS exec Nancy Tellem and the rest of her team have been let go, despite an expectation that they'd have the rest of the year to finalize the fate of the studio's projects.

More at the link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/228975/Report_Xbox_Entertainment_Studios_is_no_more.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GamasutraNews+%28Gamasutra+News%29

TV, TV, TV is no more.

Entertain me if old.

 

[BeforeU]

knew this for months. Nothing new.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857032&highlight=xbox+entertainment

 

[Captain Zyrain]

I guess its new that they've been laid off already.

 

[Impeccable]

Must not have had confidence in their output.

It's certainly something they could have tried their hand at considering a lot of good TV is coming out of Netflix etc.

 

[Krejlooc]

Weren't they developing portions of Quantum Break? The live action portions, right?

Weren't they also supposed to be making the Halo movie or whatever?

 

[Sabrewulf]

[Just a confirmation that they're dead dead. But otherwise, nothing new.

 

[Maintenance]

So they are just confirming, right? Because I could swear that I read on GAF something like this, and I remember people freaking out about Quantum Break

 

[keit4]

knew this for months. Nothing new.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857032&highlight=xbox+entertainment

Oh, did we? Gamasutra is reporting this as news.

 

[derFeef]

So they are just confirming, right? Because I could swear that I read on GAF something like this, and I remember people freaking out about Quantum Break

They already confirmed months ago. It's just that it's happening now.

 

[BeforeU]

So they are just confirming, right? Because I could swear that I read on GAF something like this, and I remember people freaking out about Quantum Break

It was confirmed back then too. But the transition takes time.

 

[shinobi602]

knew this for months. Nothing new.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=857032&highlight=xbox+entertainment

That was reporting on the fact that they will close. I believe today's report is just saying that it's happened, which is earlier than expected.

 

[Kinyou]

So they are just confirming, right? Because I could swear that I read on GAF something like this, and I remember people freaking out about Quantum Break

Yeah. We also already know that Quantum Break and Halo: Nightfall didn't have anything to do with Xbox entertainment, so they're save.

 

[Cartman86]

What a bizarre series of events.

 

[Guevara]

It's effective today.

Which by the way is a few months earlier than expected. The team was supposed to have until the end of the year to figure out if anything worked.

 

[Maintenance]

They already confirmed months ago. It's just that it's happening now.

It was confirmed back then too. But the transition takes time.

Thanks guys.

Yeah. We also already know that Quantum Break and Halo: Nightfall didn't have anything to do with Xbox entertainment, so they're save.

Yes, I remember that.

 

[RespectThySole]

Weren't they developing portions of Quantum Break? The live action portions, right?

Weren't they also supposed to be making the Halo movie or whatever?

Those things were already confirmed to be unaffected as well as a couple of the shows that were well into development.

 

[Leb]

What's not clear, apparently, is the fate of the Showtime Halo series.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Disappointing. They had some pretty good potential shows lined up.

Ah well, where does this leave Humans?

 

[Denton]

Typical MS, no longterm vision, changing course everytime a boss changes.

 

[Guevara]

Typical MS, no longterm vision, changing course everytime a boss changes.

Or, the burying the last of Ballmer's mistakes.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Or, the burying the last of Ballmer's mistakes.

.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Sucks for those who lost their jobs especially as it looks like it happened earlier than originally indicated

 

[Guevara]

Sucks for those who lost their jobs especially as it looks like it happened earlier than originally indicated

Seems like the 200 hundred rank and file employees apparently have been gone for months. What was left was...

Tellem and her top lieutenant Jordan Levin had been trying to salvage some of the projects that they’d been developing under the Xbox Studios banner by bringing them to a new studio. But the pair had initially expected to stay through year’s end at Microsoft, which would have given them more time to sort through the thicket of rights issues involved in relocating the scripted and nonscripted projects.

http://variety.com/2014/digital/new...udios-amid-mass-microsoft-layoffs-1201342584/​

 

[Retrocore9]

So much for Spielberg talking about how he loves working with the xbox team on the Halo series.

 

[2thepoint]

Pre-order cancelled.

Oh wait.

Such a shame.

I was looking forward to a State of Decay series.

Oh well.

 

[chubigans]

Sooo what's gonna happen with the ET documentary?

 

[Maintenance]

Sooo what's gonna happen with the ET documentary?

Buried.

 

[2thepoint]

Buried.

Quite ironic, isn't it.

 

[Neuromancer]

Sucks for everyone there. Good luck finding new jobs.

 

[rrc1594]

Sad when people lose their jobs, but I think the Xbox brand and focus will be better with out this studio.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Quite ironic, isn't it.

Eh, it was just filler anyway.

 

[SFenton]

Sad when people lose their jobs, but I think the Xbox brand and focus will be better with out this studio.

As do I. Refocusing Xbox on games will help in the long run. I'm sure those involved will find great new jobs, anyhow- TV has been exploding recently.

 

[Guevara]

Can't believe they set this up in 2012, and with such fanfare. Just a huge waste of time, energy and money.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Did anything ever come out of this

no wonder they switched over to moneyhatting other devs like Eidos and Insomniac

 

[Maintenance]

Quite ironic, isn't it.

The Tutankhamun curse of gaming.

Spoiler

And yes, I know the curse is fake.

 

[EBE]

Buried.

i thought this was still coming out independent of the studios' closure

 

[jconsolmagno]

This gets axed so that you Xbox One can get a price cut?

 

[rokkerkory]

yes less tv focus and more games

 

[Grinchy]

Sooo what's gonna happen with the ET documentary?

They had the Angry Videogame Nerd make it.

 

[Tamanon]

Another stage done in their long plan to turn the XBOne into the PS4.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Sooo what's gonna happen with the ET documentary?

I'm fairly certain they screened it (Pat the NES Punk and the AVGN, among others talked about watching and laughed about the fact the AVGN movie was premiered in the same location the day before or after) so it is all finished and done so hopefully will see a general release.

 

[2thepoint]

They could still do a talkshow with Major Nelson.

He could sit down and interview major figures from the gaming world and then smile through gritted teeth - like that wonderful GIF that turned up around this time last year.

His first guest could be Angry Joe.

 

[rand0mZer0]

That's unfortunate.

 

[PanicFreak]

Disappointing. They had some pretty good potential shows lined up.

Ah well, where does this leave Humans?

I think AMC picked it up.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Is Nancy the lady who made the "water cooler" comment at the Xbox One reveal ?

 

[Majine]

It added a lot of insecurity about games as a medium when they thought they had to make movies and TV shows to promote the games. The new leadership seems to have more faith in the games, so this is a step in the right direction.

 

[2thepoint]

Is Nancy the lady who made the "water cooler" comment at the Xbox One reveal ?

Yes, oh god, I cringed so hard.

Come to think of it, I cringed through the entire conference.

I literally could predict the course of the whole console generation from the first half hour.

 

[block tower]

can someone at MS please talk to Netflix so that the Halo Nightfall series can be a real on going TV show? that would be great. and while there at it, maybe do a Fusion Frenzy Game Show or something on ABC or a channel like it.

 

[SwiftDeath]

Seems like the 200 hundred rank and file employees apparently have been gone for months. What was left was...

Tellem and her top lieutenant Jordan Levin had been trying to salvage some of the projects that they’d been developing under the Xbox Studios banner by bringing them to a new studio. But the pair had initially expected to stay through year’s end at Microsoft, which would have given them more time to sort through the thicket of rights issues involved in relocating the scripted and nonscripted projects.

http://variety.com/2014/digital/new...udios-amid-mass-microsoft-layoffs-1201342584/​

ah ok then. Still sucks for them but I guess it didn't affect the majority of the work force there as they had already been let go :\

 

[ryseing]

Sooo what's gonna happen with the ET documentary?

I wanted to watch that. Shame.

The real irony of all this is Sony is still trying TV for PlayStation.