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Activision Blizzard will begin layoffs at its Irvine and Santa Monica locations next month. Layoffs at its Playa Vista facility will start in November.
Workers on the development team for hit video game ‘World of Warcraft’ have voted to unionize, marking the latest entrant in a wave of unionizing efforts in the video game industry.
‘Call of Duty’ pros Seth ‘Scump’ Abner and Hector ‘H3cz’ Rodriguez have filed an antitrust lawsuit against gaming giant Activision Blizzard.
Kotick’s departure comes just two months after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard in October and closed the biggest deal in video game history.
Health & Life Science
Agoura Hills-based biotech firm Acelyrin Inc. agreed to merge with San Francisco-based Alumis Inc. in a deal valued at $320 million on February 6.
The Santa Monica-based “Call of Duty” game maker was sued by California’s Civil Rights Department in 2021 for alleged sexual harassment and discrimination.
Microsoft’s purchase of ‘Call of Duty’ maker Activision Blizzard marks the biggest deal in video game industry history.
Business
Microsoft is laying off about 1,900 employees in its gaming division, an internal memo says, months after buying video game maker Activision Blizzard.
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U.K. regulators said Microsoft’s restructured deal to acquire ‘Call of Duty’ maker Activision Blizzard addresses concerns and opens the door to it being cleared.