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Microsoft Laying Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox Employees, Nearly 9% of Gaming Staff


After Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech giant is slashing the ranks of its gaming division.

A little over three months after Microsoft closed its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the tech giant is slashing the ranks of its gaming division. Those “directly impacted by these reductions have all played an important part in the success of Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and the Xbox teams, and they should be proud of everything they’ve accomplished here,” Spencer wrote in the memo. “Looking ahead, we’ll continue to invest in areas that will grow our business and support our strategy of bringing more games to more players around the world,” Spencer wrote in the memo Thursday.

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