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"Microsoft could be looking to spin off recently shuttered Xbox Entertainment Studios, and has been meeting with at least one potential\u00A0buyer in the wake of\u00A0last month's mass layoffs, according to a report.\nThe Hollywood Reporter\u00A0says\u00A0Microsoft and\u00A0Warner Bros.\u00A0took a meeting about\u00A0keeping Xbox Entertainment Studios alive and producing content. If that happened, Xbox's studios could roll into production with Machinima, a YouTube network focoused on gaming and geeky entertainment.\nSee also: 10 Engaging Twitch Channels to Watch for Great Gaming\nMicrosoft declined to\u00A0comment, other than to call the report\u00A0\"rumors and speculation.\" Warner Bros. did not\u00A0comment.\nXbox Entertainment Studios' closed last month as part of an 18,000 person layoff at the company. The 200-person operation, headed by ex-CBS executive Nancy Tellum, was founded in 2012 by Steve Ballmer to create digital content for primarily young, male Xbox users.\nSome of that digital content included two pieces based on the Halo universe, a movie directed by Steven Spielberg and a show produced by Ridley Scott. Other plans included a gaming documentary series, which was filming its first special about digging up buried Atari cartridges in the New Mexico desert.\nWhen Xbox director Phil Spencer confirmed the news, he said Tellum and other key executives would remain on staff to finish the current projects, but the company would cease pursuing anything new.\nWhile THR described the Warner Bros. talks as preliminary, this all could mean those potential features, such as adaptations of the Fable and Gears of War.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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