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Microsoft will lay off roughly 1,900 people in its gaming division, according to a company memo seen by CNBC.The cuts come in conjunction with Blizzard president Mike Ybarra announcing he would ...
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced the layoffs in a memo to staff. He said as part of integrating Activision Blizzard with the rest of the gaming operations, “we have made …
Microsoft is making even more cuts to the staff roster of its Xbox gaming division.. The company on Thursday announced plans to lay off 650 employees, which will bring the total number of job ...
Microsoft plans to lay off thousands of employees to reduce costs as the global economy slows, the company said Wednesday. The cuts will affect 10,000 people worldwide.
Microsoft Gaming Studios, including Toys for Bob and Sledgehammer Games, saw staff reductions of over 30%, with most layoffs occurring at Activision Blizzard. [10] On May 7, 2024, Microsoft Gaming closed three studios: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, and Alpha Dog Games, and announced the merger of Roundhouse Studios into ZeniMax Online Studios ...
2023–2024 video game industry layoffs. Microsoft announces that it will lay off 650 Microsoft Gaming employees as part of cuts to its workforce. Health and environment. The British government announces that a ban on junk food adverts on television before 9 PM will enter force in October 2025 under plans to tackle childhood obesity.
The news comes months after Microsoft closed its $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, boosting its heft in the videogaming market with best-selling titles, including "Call of Duty", to better.
100s of Microsoft employees protested their employers government contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in June 2018. [25] GitHub (subsidiary of Microsoft) had a $200,000 contract with ICE for the use of their on-site product GitHub Enterprise Server. This contract was renewed in 2019, despite internal opposition from ...