Blizzard

Activision Blizzard Lays Off 50 Employees in Esports Division

posted 25 days ago by perculia

Sports Business JournalWe learned a lot last year in terms of how the leagues can be structured for online play, and we’ll look to carry forward the best practices from that,” he said. "In terms of timing, it’s a reaction to the realities of how the leagues are playing and what resources we need to allocate to best serve the league, owners, teams and fans." Petitti, who reports to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, also noted that there were discussions about how to best structure the league even before he started in August. The decision took time in part because "you never take anything like this lightly," he said.Bloomberg“Players are increasingly choosing to connect with our games digitally and the e-sports team, much like traditional sports, entertainment, and broadcasting industries, has had to adapt its business due to the impact the pandemic has had on live events,” a company spokesperson said. The affected U.S. workers will receive a minimum of 90 days severance and health benefits for a year.Update:earnings call

Comments

12 3 4

Next › Last »

Comment by don1010220Just lay off activision and make blizzard great again.Comment by DivinehorrorJust lay off activision and make blizzard great again.Comment by wespensContinued growth means a reduction in employees. Makes sense. In some reality.Comment by Kaneiac Blizzard's most-recent earnings call reported better-than-expected results for Q4 and the full year of 2020. Comment by Yetanotherone1call of duty had a league?Comment by Matrixwolfthis is fine as long as they hire more actual devs to reduce content droughts, add more zones classes , mogs also dont need as many esports ppl when everything was onlineComment by EldrichContinued growth means a reduction in employees. Makes sense. In some reality.Comment by Hellboy999call of duty had a league?Comment by HazzadragonHow many e-sports employees do they have if they can lay off 50 like that?Comment by Ant343They just "allocated" them, lads.

Or as they say in my country: they "relocated" them.Comment by Hinaloverhttps://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1371917222738821130

MORE: It wasn't just esports and live events. Activision Blizzard also laid off others across the company including at King, developer of Candy Crush, sources tell Bloomberg. An Activision spokesperson confirmed but did not say how many other people were laid off.Comment by SeniaaHow many e-sports employees do they have if they can lay off 50 like that?Comment by CyynaActivision Blizzard = E.A. change my mind.Comment by couchpotato2013Just lay off activision and make blizzard great again.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7MAacSPNMComment by AcelActivision Blizzard = E.A. change my mind.

Star Wars Squadron

Star Wars Fallen Jedi

PvZ: Battle for the Neighborville

Apex Legends

C&C Remastered

Comment by Raynuru*sigh*
There will be day where Bobby will lay off everyone else..except for him..and then we all can finally say "Farewell my Orc Shaman..i knew you well :( "Comment by Momoithe true face of greedy humans is showing its ugliness right now everywhere in the world as long as they provide minimal effort with as few workers for minimum wages as they can this is going to continue... emphatie is dead for them all what matters is money money money and more money for the the top 5% in every company

all hail to the capitalism ...disgustingComment by ChioyLet's just hope Ashes of Creation will finally be a good one, so we can leave this multi dollar company for themselvesComment by Cr00xYhttps://i.redd.it/3y551cdbvzo51.jpgComment by JulioBThis is just stupid.. And instead support Ashes of Creation which is not even released yet and already has 300 hundred in game store cosmetics..it's full of MTX ^&*! nobody needs that.. I'm not defending blizzard but holy #$%^ when blizzard added the that transmog in the IG store everybody went and wanted to blizzard to burn.. and now look at everyone licking interprid's ass..Stop supporting big companies from the beginning to the end....It's so bad that a lot of people bought that 500$ Alpha access to AoC.. it's just stupid.. paying for a !@#$ing unfinished project..

12 3 4

Next › Last »

« Next Post