"FTC Investigates Microsoft's Layoffs at Activision Blizzard"

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Activision Blizzard is laying off 479 workers at the Blizzard Entertainment headquarters in Irvine, marking the largest tech layoffs in Orange County in several years. The notice to California employment officials did not specify who would be affected by the cuts, and the layoffs come after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which had already announced widespread layoffs among the video game staff.
- 479 Layoffs at Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine Orange County Business Journal
- The FTC isn't too happy with Microsoft's Activision Blizzard layoffs Polygon
- Microsoft denies it went back on its word on Activision job cuts BBC.com
- Microsoft layoffs at Activision violate merger promises, FTC says Quartz
- Microsoft layoffs will target Toys for Bob, Sledgehammer Games, and Infinity Ward Game Developer
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