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Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees (www.theverge.com)
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[–] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is phase 2. Phase one was last year when they laid of 10,000. those were the finance/accounting/etc people. This is specifically the games area which at this point, according to my friends caught in said layoff, says it's mostly seniors across all (gaming) divisions.

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What you posted was at Microsoft itself. That story is from January 2023.

The ActiBlizz deal didn't close until October 2023.