Activision Blizzard employees officially informed of layoffs
The rumored layoffs taking place at Activision Blizzard are now official, as employees were informed in an email sent out this afternoon.
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The rumored layoffs taking place at Activision Blizzard are now official, as employees were informed in an email sent out this afternoon.
The industry continues to be rather unkind this week.
The layoffs are reported to encompass a “large proportion” of Hangar 18’s staff.
It's not the last nail in the coffin for the long-running franchise, but don't expect the next title in the Dead Rising series to take on a broader scope.
The software giant is trying to boost its Azure cloud services to compete with Amazon and Google.
The move comes not long after Square Enix dropped the company and the franchise to focus on other studios.
If you have a game the dev team made, play it again in memory.
Sega has announced it will be laying off 300 employees as the company goes through a restructure.
Wildstar developer Carbine Studios is reportedly facign a round of layoffs today, and up to 60 employees may be affected.
Harmonix has gone through recent layoffs, and restructured a bit as a result.