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The Azure for Operators layoffs involved as many as 1,500 job cuts, it added, citing people familiar with the situation. The cuts come after the company shed 1,900 jobs at Activision Blizzard and ...
While Microsoft’s layoffs will result in a $1.2 billion charge, equal to about $ -0.12 per share, Ives says the move was prudent. “I view it as a proactive, smart move that we’re going to ...
Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard, Inc. is a lawsuit brought against multinational technology corporation Microsoft and video game holding company Activision Blizzard in 2022. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought a temporary injunction against Microsoft in its effort to acquire Activision Blizzard.
Unity Technologies, Twitch, and Discord separately announced layoffs affecting 1,800, 500, and 170 jobs, respectively. [14] [15] [16] 22 Riot Games laid off about 530 staff. [17] 25 Microsoft Gaming laid off 1,900 staff, and the President of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra, left the company. [18] 29
The video game industry layoffs are a part of the broader tech industry layoffs that began in 2023; [17] many such layoffs have been attributed to artificial intelligence, [18] although increased interest rates, reduced demand from consumers and excessive hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic have also been cited as causes.
Here's a roundup of major layoffs that have rattled the sector just a few weeks into the new year. ... Microsoft. Microsoft said on Jan. 18 that it's laying off 10,000 workers as it seeks to cut ...
The Halloween documents, internal Microsoft memos which were leaked to the open source community beginning in 1998, indicate that some Microsoft employees perceive "open source" software — in particular, Linux — as a growing long-term threat to Microsoft's position in the software industry. The Halloween documents acknowledged that parts of ...
A WARN notice filed on May 7 details layoffs from Austin-based gaming company Arkane Studios where 96 employees no longer have jobs.. The company, which is owned by tech and gaming giant Microsoft ...