Blizzard layoffs are reportedly imminent, days after an exciting BlizzCon and a seemingly popular World of Warcraft: Forever beta
Reports indicate that Blizzard Entertainment is facing imminent layoffs, despite recent successes like a popular beta for World of Warcraft: Forever and announcements at BlizzCon 2026. These cuts are expected to affect the company as part of broader job reductions within the Xbox division.
- Entities
- Person: Bobby Kotick
- Company: Microsoft
- Game: World of Warcraft: Forever
- Company: Blizzard Entertainment
- Person: Johanna Faries
- Game: Diablo V
- Game: Overwatch 2
- Topic: Layoffs
- Game: StarCraft
- Company: Xbox
- Topic: Video Game Industry
- Game: Diablo 4
- Platform: PlayStation 5
- Platform: Xbox Series X
- Person: Jason Schreier
- Game: Warcraft III
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