Entertainment

Microsoft Slashes Nearly 2,000 Employees From Blizzard

‘HARD DAY’

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra and Allen Adham, co-founder and chief design officer, will also step down.

Edith Olmsted
Edith Olmsted 

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The Activision Blizzard logo is seen with a Microsoft logo in the background in this photo illustration on 13 July, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.
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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted

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