What happens to the Xbox studios affected by the reorganization?
Four studios are changing hands: Compulsion Games and Double Fine are becoming independent studios, while Ninja Theory and Undead Labs move under new ownership structures. Helen Chiang was named Xbox COO as part of the same overhaul that compresses management layers from 14 down to a maximum of five.
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