Blizzard Entertainment Lays Off 600 Employees
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PC gaming juggernaut Blizzard Entertainment has announced that they will be cutting 600 jobs. Blizzard has stated the “World of Warcraft” development team will not see any job cuts, still roughly 10% of all job cuts will involve other game studios at Blizzard. The decision to lay off these employees was reached after Blizzard conducted a review of their business needs. The company has stated they will not see any development or publishing schedules changed due to the layoffs.
The Irvine, Calif., company, which makes the popular “World of Warcraft” games, says that only about 10 percent of the cuts will involve jobs related to game development.
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