Matt Booty
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Sep 26, 2026
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
But Jamie, let's start off with what Matthew Bull had to say to open today's first topic.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
And he goes on to say this, as part of our ongoing reset program, Matt Booty just sent an email to our team covering role reductions and a reorganization of several of our studios and updates to our divestitures.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
See the full email here.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
And, of course, everything that we discussed today, Jamie and Chad, I will be putting in the show notes with links so you can simply go and find this.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
But before we get, you know... you know uh jamie moran and eventually the welsh gamer into the conversation i have to go to that email now of course i have that email it is a presser it comes the way of course of matt booty and this comes the way ladies and gentlemen of news.xbox.com xbox wire and here is what the email says i'm going to read it verbatim ladies and gentlemen This message was just sent to Team Xbox employees globally.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
And Matt writes this.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
Team, I'm writing to share several updates as part of the Xbox reset outlined earlier this year.
Mr. BoomStick XLHOST
But Jamie Moran, we have a lot to cover.
C-MoneyHOST
And I haven't seen any wording that says they're in charge of Halo going forward.
C-MoneyHOST
What Matt Booty said is that Activision is making the next game.
C-MoneyHOST
They're in charge of this next title.
C-MoneyHOST
And it just we're just going to see how they do.
Joseph HooperHOST
And, you know, I'm fine with that, right? Like, you had a vision and it didn't work out.
Joseph HooperHOST
And obviously, Phil and Sarah, Matt Booty didn't manage the studios properly.
Joseph HooperHOST
But...
Joseph HooperHOST
Hey, now that we're resetting and starting from square one, we have new leadership.
Danny O'DwyerHOST
Uh, Xbox just about two hours ago released a fairly crazy news post.
Danny O'DwyerHOST
Um, they are saying, "Continuing our reset." This posted by Xbox's Matt Booty, uh, who's, uh, giving us an update on-
Jenna StoeberGUEST
[laughs]
Danny O'DwyerHOST
...
Brian SheaHOST
This is not, like, the full other half.
Brian SheaHOST
Like, they were basically saying, like, "Yeah, this is three-fourths of our, like, reset plan in terms of, like, restructuring." So it came from a blog post by Matt Booty, who is the president and chief content officer at Xbox.
Brian SheaHOST
He also kind of oversees Xbox Game Studios.
Brian SheaHOST
That was his previous title when Phil Spencer was still around, was head of Xbox Game Studios.
RGT85HOST
He fleeced these motherfuckers.
Brett MedlockHOST
Matt Booty should have been out, honestly, like with the old people.
Brett MedlockHOST
Oh, yeah.
Brett MedlockHOST
How is that dude still
Pete DonaldsonGUEST
Stuff in your ass.
Pete DonaldsonGUEST
We're talking a lot about Matt Booty this week.
Pete DonaldsonGUEST
A booty call
Chris ScullionHOST
is always a worrying thing to have.
6 MINS LATER
Pete DonaldsonGUEST
hang on lads.
Pete DonaldsonGUEST
yeah we'll show you how to do it we'll we'll take that um we'll take that kajima game but we will but we will continue our main love yeah the main reason the reason for getting up in the morning that's right a video game i just want to get fire
Chris ScullionHOST
people layoffs and widespread studio restructures uh matt booty which is uh short for matthew bottom has declared that another 268 roles are being eliminated, as he put it, across Microsoft, mainly Halo Studios.
Chris ScullionHOST
Halo is now moving to Activision with a new purpose-built team.
TJ JohnsonGUEST
That was a very difficult one.
TJ JohnsonGUEST
That was the one that I was like, ah, really? I would have waited on that one, especially if there's going to be a Part 3, because rumor is from Matt Booty that there will be a third set of...
TJ JohnsonGUEST
layoffs, if you will.
TJ JohnsonGUEST
I don't know if that's an official quote.
Terry JeffsHOST
Let's start with Microsoft over at Xbox, continuing our reset.
Terry JeffsHOST
So I might as well read the blog post, shall I, from Matt Booty?
Adam VareyHOST
Sure, yeah.
Adam VareyHOST
So this was
TJ JohnsonHOST
Especially if there's going to be a Part 3.
TJ JohnsonHOST
Rumor is from Matt Booty that there will be a third set of layoffs, if you will.
TJ JohnsonHOST
And I don't know if that's an official quote.
TJ JohnsonHOST
I wouldn't doubt
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