• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    They already made those “redundancy” cuts last year. This last round of layoffs was a bunch of software devs and artists of all experience levels, and basically the entire esports divisions for both Overwatch and CoD.

    Also keep in mind, this was a record year for Blizzard, profits wise.

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      9 months ago

      Do you have a source for that first part? The deal only went through in October of last year and i can only find info on the most recent slate of firings.

      That does suck though for those laid off of course, I hope they can find work they enjoy.

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        9 months ago

        Unfortunately I can’t find any good articles anymore, but I do remember seeing a lot of people posting about it on Twitter. I believe the earlier layoffs happened right around October of last year though.