Microsoft Is Laying Off 1,900 Video Game Workers, Mostly From Its Activision Blizzard Teams
The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
The layoffs come three months after the company purchased Activision Blizzard for $69 billion.
Approval was granted after Microsoft agreed to sell Activision’s cloud streaming rights for all current and new titles to Ubisoft.
SAG-AFTRA now has the authority to call for a strike if this week’s negations with major studios don’t prove productive.
The CWA and Microsoft have a labor neutrality agreement that will affect Activision Blizzard workers after the merger is completed.
The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority believes the acquisition could harm the cloud gaming marketplace.
After two strong years back-to-back, the gaming industry could be looking at a historic 2023 if Microsoft gets its way.
The gaming company develops billion-dollar franchises including ‘World of Warcraft,’ ‘Overwatch,’ and ‘Diablo.’
Twenty-eight workers at Activision Blizzard’s Raven Software have become the first of the company’s 10,000 employees to unionize.
Workers at the Activision Blizzard subsidiary Raven say they’re still in favor of unionizing despite the company’s pleas.
The workers at the “Call of Duty” developer are now taking their fight to the National Labor Relations Board.
The tech giant will become the third-largest company in gaming, after China’s Tencent and Sony.
Meanwhile, Xbox’s boss has spoken out against Activision and nonprofit Girls Who Code has severed ties with the company.
Activision Blizzard workers are demanding that Kotick step down while the board has reiterated its support for the CEO.
A “Wall Street Journal” investigation reveals Kotick’s spotty history of handling sexual harassment matters and questions his leadership skills.
Bobby Kotick has announced initiatives to help clamp down on sexual harassment and discrimination at the game titan.
This isn’t the suit the state of California filed in July. There’s another one.
The studio will now be led by Jen Oneal and Mike Ybarra.
Read the text of a letter that current and former Activision Blizzard employees sent to company management.
The game giant has a damaging “frat boy” company culture, says a state agency.
Pay at the game developer reportedly ranges from $30 million to almost minimum wage.
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