--- title: Report: Obsidian losing around 1 | daily.dev description: Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, Grounded, Pentiment, and Avowed, is losing approximately 60-70 employees — roughly one quarter of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/report-obsidian-losing-around-1-xeqjrkq5m twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Report: Obsidian losing around 1 | daily.dev og:description: Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, Grounded, Pentiment, and Avowed, is losing approximately 60-70 employees — roughly one quarter of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/report-obsidian-losing-around-1-xeqjrkq5m og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XEqJrkq5M.png og:image:alt: Report: Obsidian losing around 1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Report: Obsidian losing around 1 **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Obsidian Entertainment, the studio behind The Outer Worlds, Grounded, Pentiment, and Avowed, is losing approximately 60-70 employees — roughly one quarter of its staff — as part of a broader Xbox restructuring. The cuts span all departments and include senior talent with over a decade of experience. The layoffs are part of a larger 3,200-person reduction at Xbox, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma citing an unhealthy business and failed bets on Game Pass, multi-platform strategy, and content portfolio expansion. Work on Grounded 2 and The Outer Worlds 2 DLC continues, but uncertainty looms over other projects. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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