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Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees
The cuts primarily affect Activision Blizzard employees.
www.theverge.com
www.theverge.com
Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees
The cuts primarily affect Activision Blizzard employees.
Consolidation begins nao
We all knew it was coming, sadly it’s no surprise. There must be tons of overlap and heck we don’t even know the amount of devs that left before this. I’m sure we’ll find out with some that may go on to do some indie stuff, joint other studios, or partner up with major publishers or 1st party deals. I could see Sony ready to snag them up for their GAAS journey.
He was kinda all over the place.
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Blizzard’s president on the studio’s “new era” under Xbox
The studio is juggling a lot.
www.theverge.com
He seemed “excited”
Blizzard Boss Is Excited to Join Microsoft, Says Blizzard Has 'So Much' Coming from Its Talented Teams
Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, a former Microsoft executive, is excited about the upcoming merger. He also teased exciting new games.
But maybe they’ll get someone else to fill his shoes, Jen Oneal?
If there no overlap, would suit them better at any studio other than Bungie, but as long as they find something and preferably near studios their residency
Was in development for 6 years plus and it was because of its Synapse engine that it was still reportedly years away from release
and probably because it was already in development for years and still had years to go. I am curious to see what Blizzard does under MS. We need WoW on console/GP asap.
According to employees, Blizzard made the decision to end the project sadly.
They may have made the decision before it was finalized, things like that aren’t made up on the day of, I’d assume. The employees did say it was a blizzard exec(s) who made the call.
Remember that just like anything Bethesda. Anything good is before MS and anything bad is all MS.
Maybe , maybe not. But weird timing to announce it then. They probably axed the people who were working on it so decided to announce it. And the axing is from MS so...
Well the announcement was about the layoffs, but not about who and when, I feel like it was like a day afterwards, I can’t recall the exact details. This week has been crazy on all fronts.
But only the latter part of it. The decision could’ve been part of their quarterly report finalization…. Or whatever it’s called
like did Sony have doubts of tlou2 mp before they bought Bungie, then have them (after the buyout) evaluate NDs progress in hopes to terminate it before it got worse? Does that make sense, I’m losing track of a few things atm
But only the latter part of it. The decision could’ve been part of their quarterly report finalization…. Or whatever it’s called
It was after Bungie evaluation that they decided to axe it. So after the acquisition.