"Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Impact Blizzard's Survival Game Development"
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The development team behind Blizzard's canceled survival game, reportedly called Odyssey, is among the 1,900 employees impacted by the mass layoffs at Microsoft's gaming division following the company's acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The team had been working on the game for six years, and the cancellation of the project has led to a significant portion of the team being let go. This adds to the wave of layoffs in the gaming industry, with over 4,000 layoffs in the first month of 2024 and up to 10,000 layoffs last year.
- The Team Working on Blizzard's Now-Canceled Survival Was Seemingly Gutted Amid Xbox Mass Layoffs IGN
- Microsoft lays off 1900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees The Verge
- Microsoft, Apple, Nokia: Morning Movers Yahoo Canada Finance
- Microsoft Cancels New Blizzard Video Game After Six Years of Development Bloomberg
- CWA says Microsoft's job cuts did not impact the staffers it represents GamesIndustry.biz
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