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Xbox reportedly laid off about 25 percent of Obsidian Entertainment’s staff.

I missed this yesterday, reported by Kotaku. The studio will apparently keep working on Grounded 2 and DLC for The Outer Worlds 2, but “plans beyond that are up in the air,” Kotaku says.

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