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Microsoft cutting 1,900 gaming staff in post-Activision Blizzard deal layoff round

Source: PA Archive

Microsoft is to lay off 1,900 gaming employees this week, mostly at the recently acquired business Activision Blizzard.

As first reported in tthe - which crossed the $3 trillion barrier in will be at Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft acquired late last year in a massive $68.7 billion deal following a contentious competition probe. However, some of the cuts will be at and Zenimax. A Microsoft spokesperson later confirmed details of the cuts to the Standard.

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