Dropping this here for people to peruse.
Unfortunate, but not unexpected.
It’s possible some of this is also due to Covid; there was a huge hiring spree for most game companies that could work remotely and the big boom there likely had a knock on effect now. Riot went through the same thing recently.
The big question is how this effects us.
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It’s sounding bad. I’ve been popping into other media and it sounds like it’s going to devastate large chunks of both Bliz and Acti.
This was a disturbing one. Support outsourced to foreign countries.
I heard (not seen anything official) that even the individual studios under Acti are getting hit, some pretty hard.
Not good at all.
I don’t know a whole lot about how Blizzard’s studios specifically are structured, but IRRC they’re mostly internal studios in the US. Activision is very different, and had a large number of studios under their belt.
Losing decent customer support is very bad though; it’s concerning to say the least.
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