Dear Admin, Thank you all very much for your continuous support and companionship throughout our journey with Aether Gazer. By now, many of you may have seen the recent announcement from the CN server regarding the end of future updates. We know this has raised a lot of questions and concerns among our global players, and we completely understand the worry, the unease, and the reluctance you might be feeling right now. We've spent a great deal of time discussing what comes next for the global version. While we're still putting together the full details, we wanted to share what's already been decided—so you're not left in the dark any longer than necessary. The current plan for the global version's subsequent updates is as follows: 1. Future Version Update Plan Please rest assured that we will continue updating the global version of Aether Gazer as planned, all the way until it catches up with the latest CN server version. That means you'll still get to experience the full story, meet new characters, and enjoy all the content that's yet to come. After that, following the V5.2​ update (which will be released on December 1,2026), the global version will stop receiving new version updates. However, this does not​ mean the game is shutting down. You'll still be able to log in and play. Going forward, we will continue operating the game servers in the form of a "Companion Server." 2. About the Companion Server We have received much feedback from Admins regarding the "Companion Server" or ways to preserve the game experience long-term. Whether you want to keep logging in, revisit old stories, spend more time with your favorite Modifiers, or simply preserve this journey in some form—we have read and recorded every piece of your feedback. We sincerely thank you for your understanding and heartfelt suggestions after learning about the CN project's future plans. It has now been confirmed that the global version will launch a Companion Server​ after ceasing updates, with service planned to continue until September 2031. Around March 2031, we will reassess and determine the next steps for server continuation. Potential measures include, but are not limited to: Extending server operation time, or even converting the game into a free standalone offline client. Specific details regarding the Companion Server's opening date, access channels, and other important notes will be announced in a future official announcement. It is our hope that this arrangement will serve as a lasting tribute to the journey you and the Modifiers have shared together, and that it will, in some small way, honor your wish to continue being part of this world. 3. Update Pace Adjustment After evaluating our overall operations and content schedule, we've decided to make some adjustments to the update pace of the global version moving forward. Starting from V4.7 (August 4, 2026). Some version cycles will be slightly shorter than before. If any event rewards are affected by this change, we'll compensate you through in-game mail in subsequent updates. Specific compensation and timing will be announced in a later official announcement. 4. Refund Processing Regarding refund concerns expressed by many of you, we will announce a more detailed refund policy at a later date. For any unused paid currency that meets the refund criteria after updates stop, we'll process refunds in accordance with local laws, platform policies, payment provider requirements, and actual operational arrangements. Specific details regarding what items are eligible, how to apply, when to apply, and other important notes will be announced in a subsequent official announcement. In the meantime, we kindly ask you to plan your purchases and in-game resource usage thoughtfully and stay tuned for official updates. Once again, we thank every Admin for your support, understanding, and companionship along the way. For the team, this journey has been something special. Watching the story grow, the characters evolve, and this community come together—it's meant more than words can say. We know this news is bittersweet, and we don't take your feelings lightly. We'll continue to handle every remaining step—updates, compensation, refunds, and beyond—with the care and seriousness you deserve. Should there be any changes to schedules, content, refund policies, or operational arrangements, we will notify you in advance through official channels. Thank you for your love and support for Aether Gazer. Aether Gazer Operation Team July 22, 2026

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This is an important email I sent today to all employees at XBOX: Team, We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I've made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale. I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today's decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication. Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX. First, we will reset our content portfolio. Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision. Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options. We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions. In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX. Second, we will reset our platform. We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify. We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend. Third, we are resetting how we operate. As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done. For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results. Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX's history. We wish him all the best. These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we've seen before. This year, we'll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we'll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates. I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027. History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them. Asha

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