it's not just Bobby Kotick leaving on the Activision Blizzard side. Microsoft is keeping the key leadership on the game dev side, but a number of execs are out soon or in 2024. Full details here: https://t.co/jrDHaPISJP pic.twitter.com/qWnfUfkRpM
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) December 20, 2023
Microsoft is largely keeping the leadership team of Activision Blizzard in place, with some executive-level exceptions. Activision Blizzard chief communications officer Lulu Meservey will leave the company at the end of January. Humam Sakhnini (vice chairman, Blizzard and King) will also depart at the end of December. A number of Activision Blizzard executives will depart in March, too.
Brian Bulatao (chief administrative officer), Julie Hodges (chief people officer), Armin Zerza (chief financial officer), and Grant Dixton (chief legal officer) are all reporting to their Microsoft Gaming equivalents. While Thomas Tippl (vice chairman, Activision Blizzard) is reporting to Matt Booty for now, he will depart Microsoft in March alongside other Activision Blizzard executives. “Thomas, Brian, Julie, Grant and Armin will continue to help us with the transition through March 2024,” says Xbox chief Phil Spencer, in an internal memo obtained by The Verge.
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