Microsoft to lay off around 1,900 staff from across the Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax teams

Update: This story has now been updated with a response from a Microsoft spokesperson.Microsoft is set to lay off around 1,900 members of staff from its video game workforce, it’s been reported, as the company aligns itself “on the best opportunities for growth” following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year.IGN reports that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer announced the redundancy plans in a memo sent to staff, in which he explained that since the acquisition of Activision, the

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