Gaming Company Layoffs 2024. Three months after completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company activision blizzard, microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees in its gaming divisions. Microsoft’s video game division spent $75.6 billion to acquire activision blizzard and zenimax media, two of america’s most seasoned video game companies.
More than 10,000 people have been laid off. Microsoft/xbox now joins a list of gaming companies that have implemented major cuts this month, which includes twitch, discord, riot games ( league of legends ),.