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  • Blizzard Now Led by Former Call of Duty Executive Johanna Faries

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-29-2024, 06:37 PM
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    Blizzard Now Led by Former Call of Duty Executive Johanna Faries

    Faries will replace Mike Ybarra.

    On the same day Microsoft laid off 1,900 employees from their game studios, it was announced that several leaders within Blizzard were leaving. One of those leaders included Mike Ybarra, the now former president of Blizzard. Today, a new president was announced for Blizzard Entertainment and that is former Call of Duty and NFL executive Johanna Faries.

    Faries is now the first new president of Blizzard since Microsoft finalized its $69...
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  • Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 01-25-2024, 01:45 PM
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    Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions

    Impacted teams include Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

    Layoffs are happening again within Microsoft as roughly 1,900 employees are being let go. The initial report comes from an IGN report that says the layoffs hit Microsoft owned Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

    Xbox lead Phil Spencer sent out a memo to staff which announced these layoffs. In the memo, Spencer says that as Microsoft is "committed to aligning on a strategy and an execution plan with...
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  • Blizzard President Denies NFT Speculation After Survey Mentioned Them

    • Created by: Shawn Zipay
    • Published: 04-18-2022, 04:07 PM
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    Blizzard President Denies NFT Speculation After Survey Mentioned Them

    NFTs are currently not on the menu.

    On Friday, April 15, an email was sent out to a (seemingly) random assortment of users, players, and owners of Activision Blizzard products. In the email was a request to fill out a survey for Blizzard that would help them "understand our players better." It would also help them "improve (their) products and services."

    I actually received the survey request on Friday and went through the whole process of filling it...
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