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Microsoft Cuts 1,900 Jobs, Cancels New Blizzard Video Game
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January 26, 2024
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0:59Now PlayingMicrosoft is laying off 1,900 people across its #videogame divisions including at #ActivisionBlizzard which it purchased for $69 billion in an acquisition that closed late last year. #Blizzard Entertainment is also making big changes as part of the cuts, canceling a survival #game codenamed Odyssey and parting ways with President Mike Ybarra and Chief Design Officer Allen Adham, the company’s co-founder. #gaming #tech #business #layoffs #Palworld
In an email to staff reviewed by Bloomberg, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer wrote that the cuts represented about 8% of Microsoft’s 22,000 gaming workers. The Verge first reported the news. Other video-game companies, including Riot Games, have also enacted mass layoffs.
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