Microsoft is reportedly laying off 1,900 staff from its gaming division. If true, this would mark 5,800 reported layoffs in the video game industry in January alone.
This news was first broken by IGN, which calims to have been shown a memo from Xbox boss Phil Spencer. While it is currently unclear which exact teams within its gaming departments have been affected, this internal memo states that those being laid off “have all played an important part in the success of Activision Blizzard, ZeniMax and the Xbox teams”.
The full memo published by IGN can be read below:
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