Microsoft Cuts 1,900 Jobs in Gaming, Including at Activision
- Blizzard President Mike Ybarra is leaving the company
- A survival-style game codenamed Odyssey is being canceled
Microsoft Corp. will lay off 1,900 people across its video-game divisions including at Activision Blizzard, which it purchased for $69 billion in an acquisition that closed late last year.
In an email to staff reviewed by Bloomberg, Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer wrote that the cuts represented about 8% of Microsoft’s 22,000 gaming workers. The Verge first reported the news. Other video-game companies, including Riot Games, have also enacted mass layoffs.