Microsoft’s latest game division layoffs affect nearly 400 Activision-Blizzard employees

30 Sep 2024Source: MassivelyOp
The second week of September brought more bad news for game workers in Microsoft, as the company confirmed another 650 layoffs were coming that would “mostly” affect its gaming division according to a memo from CEO Phil Spencer, followed by later reporting that seemed to suggest that Blizzard would be taking the brunt. We now […]


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