"Microsoft's Massive Layoffs: Impact on Activision Blizzard and Xbox"
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Microsoft has announced a major round of layoffs in its gaming division, cutting around 1,900 workers from its Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax teams, bringing the total number of video game layoffs in 2024 to around 6,000. The majority of the cuts are within Activision Blizzard, with some positions on the Xbox and ZeniMax teams affected as well. The reorganization also led to the cancellation of Blizzard's survival game, codenamed Odyssey. This marks the largest single slate of layoffs in the gaming industry so far this year, with other companies like Unity, Twitch, Discord, Riot Games, and more also conducting layoffs.
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