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it house news on september 28. according to reports from the los angeles times and wccftech on the 27th local time, activision blizzard will begin layoffs in irvine and santa monica in october because parent company microsoft hopes to reduce gaming department costs.

according to reports, activision blizzard has announced on september 12approximately 400 employeesnotified of the layoffs, according to information submitted by the company to the state government, the irvine-based company will lay off 140 people by the end of this year, including accountants, software engineers, "world of warcraft" human resources director, etc.; located in santa monica the company will lay off 110 people.

it should be noted that not all of the positions being eliminated are "junior positions". the layoffs list also includes game directors and vice presidents.

another notice showed that activision blizzard will start laying off employees at the company in playa vista in november, and will lay off a total of employees by the end of this year. 143 people。

delay simmons, a spokesman for activision blizzard, said: "the 400 jobs seen in the system are part of recent news and are not new; the affected roles are mainly corporate and support positions, but also there are some implications for the gaming team.”

comprehensive it house previously reported that microsoft announced in january this year that it would lay off a total of 1,900 people in its gaming divisions activision blizzard, xbox and zenimax. in early september, microsoft's gaming department announced another 650 layoffs.