1,900 Laid Off From Microsoft Gaming – Mike Ybarra and Allen Adham Quitting – WoWHead

Earlier this morning, the Verge reported that Microsoft is laying off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees, a reduction of around 8% of Microsoft Gaming’s total 22,000 employee workforce.

Phil Spencer Reducing Gaming Workforce

Phil Spencer, via the Verge
It’s been a little over three months since the Activision, Blizzard, and King teams joined Microsoft.

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