Microsoft has now been added to the layoffs that have been growing like an avalanche in the technology sector lately. The company, which crossed a major threshold yesterday by surpassing its market value of $3 trillion, announced that it will lay off many employees from its gaming division.

dismissed, 1,900 employees will bankrupt you. This equates to 8% of Microsoft’s gaming division, which consists of 22,000 people.

Activision Blizzard employees will be most affected

Last year, after major efforts, Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. Since then, he has made changes to the gaming giant. Today’s decision is one of them. According to the information received, Activision Blizzard employees will be particularly affected by the layoffs. The exact number is not clear, but it is stated that the majority are made up of them. Moreover Some Zenimax and Xbox employees will also be affected let’s point it out.

The Verge reports on the boss of Microsoft’s gaming division Phil Spencer’s He also received a message that he sent to employees. Spencer stated that Activision Blizzard and Microsoft are trying to create a sustainable cost structure in the gaming department and set their priorities accordingly. He added that in line with this target, they had to lay off 1,900 employees.

In addition to the layoffs, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also decided to leave the company. Ybarra previously worked at Microsoft for twenty years. In addition, we recently saw that Activision CEO Bobby Kotick left the company.

After companies such as Google, Discord, Twitch and Amazon, Microsoft also joined the dismissal frenzy. The technology giant said goodbye to 10,000 employees last year.

Tech giants who recently laid off their employees