To avoid another "Feel the Burn" incident.Earlier today, it was reported that 650 employees were being laid off from Microsoft Gaming, with many of those said to be from Activision Blizzard. Things have been pretty quiet ever since, and it seems there's a good reason for that.According to The Verge's Tom Warren, Xbox's social media teams were told to "go dark" for the day following the news, with the idea being to avoid an embarrassing "Feel the Burn" situation like last time. This refers to a tagline for a controller that was awkwardly revealed on the same day as four studio closures back in May:Read the full article on purexbox.com
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