Activision Blizzard announce massive layoffs amid company overhaul Activision Blizzard has reportedly begun layoffs spanning numerous departments, with the number of people being let go rumored to be in the hundreds. The decision comes moments before an earnings call where the company will discuss its future with how it plans to go forth on plans that will include Call of Duty, Overwatch, and numerous Blizzard titles. In a press release, Activision announced that the company would look to restructure its priorities in its three major assets, Activision, Blizzard, and King. Activision Blizzard is making many adjustment to the company, including working to release more new games, more in-game content more often, mobile initiatives, and increase development resources. \u2014 Call of Duty News \u2022 charlieINTEL.com (@charlieINTEL) February 12, 2019 Activision Blizzard said that it will \u201cfund greater investment [into popular titles] by de-prioritizing initiatives that are not meeting expectations and reducing certain non-development and administrative-related costs across the business,\u201d according to the release. It seems that Blizzard will be having layoffs across non-development teams, as the company looks to scale back departments that saw growth in that last year. \u201cCurrently staffing levels on some teams are out of proportion with our current release slate. This means we need to scale down some areas of our organization. I\u2019m sorry to share that we will be parting ways with some of our colleagues in the U.S. today,\u201d said Blizzard President J. Allen Brack in a note obtained by Kotaku. Although the company reported that 2018 was their \u201cbest in history,\u201d Blizzard Activision still feel that they could have produced more in the year. Which has ultimately led to the change in priorities. \u201cWhile our financial results for 2018 were the best in our history, we didn\u2019t realize our full potential,\u201d Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said, \u201cTo help us reach our full potential, we have made a number of important leadership changes. These changes should enable us to achieve the many opportunities our industry affords us\u2026\u201d The company is looking forward to strong mobile initiatives and the growth of successful titles such as Overwatch in 2019, but no specifics were given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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