Activision Blizzard discusses layoffs, Destiny Split buy WoTLK Gold , And World of Warcraft - GS News Update

However, this greater investment, it says, will be funded by "de-prioritizing initiatives that are not meeting expectations and reducing certain non-development and administrative-related costs across the business"--referring to the layoffs. In its earnings call, COO Coddy Johnson stated that there would be a reduction of eight percent in the number of employees for Activision Blizzard. With over 10.000 employees according to the latest count which is nearly 800 employees losing their jobs. This has led to the shuttering of one King's studios, and has led to reductions to areas like esports, that had been the focus on projects such as the World of Warcraft League.

The CEO of the company, Bobby Kotick, said that, while Activision Blizzard's "financial results for 2018 were among the highest ever in our history" it "didn't fully realize our potential." The company has made leadership changes that are designed in order to "enable us to realize the numerous opportunities that the industry can offer us, in particular with our powerful franchises owned by us along with our formidable commercial capabilities as well as our direct digital connection to hundreds of millions of gamers, and our highly gifted employees."

In a statement obtained from Kotaku, Blizzard president said "staffing levels in some teams aren't aligned to [the company's] current schedule of releases," which has necessitated the need to trim down cheap WoW WoTLK Classic Gold. Although the layoffs are currently exclusive to Blizzard's US operations, Brack indicated that other regional offices would also be examined in the near future and could also be impacted, "subject to local requirements.