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Microsoft will lay off approximately 650 people from its gaming team, the company's head of gaming, Phil Spencer, told employees in an email to team members this morning.
Spencer framed them in the context of Microsoft's October 2023 $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard.
"As part of aligning our post-acquisition team structure and managing our business, we have made the decision to eliminate approximately 650 roles across Microsoft Gaming—mostly corporate and supporting functions—to organize our business for long term success," Spencer wrote.
The majority of the cuts will impact people in those corporate and support roles at Activision Blizzard, according to a source familiar with the matter.
This time around, "no games, devices or experiences" will be cut, per Spencer's note.
None of the business unit leaders at Xbox or its affiliated gaming teams will be cut either, according the a source familiar.
Microsoft to Cut 650 More Gaming Jobs - by Stephen Totilo
For Fuck Sake.
Seems like a "redundancy" cut affecting mostly Activision-Blizzard...Really feels like Microsoft is trying to merge Activision-Blizzard ASAP...Zenimax took years before they received "redundancy" cuts and even then it wasn't a large hit. Anyway as always, corps suck.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 12 September 2024
