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Title: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Malakili on February 29, 2012, 10:43:29 AM Looks like there have been relatively significant layoffs at Blizzard according to IGN. Not really sure if this belongs in the WoW subforum, but it seemed as good as anywhere. I'm not totally sure what to make of it, but I have to think it has something to do with WoW cooling off. I don't know if Starcraft 2 factors in at all and how that game is doing with regards to income.
Quote Approximately 600 employees were part of the layoffs, with Blizzard, "[anticipating] approximately 90% of the affected employees will come from departments not related to game development." Source: http://pc.ign.com/articles/121/1219674p1.html Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Rokal on February 29, 2012, 11:32:04 AM Guessing they down-sized their CS, which was pretty huge from the numbers they last gave us.
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Paelos on February 29, 2012, 12:13:56 PM Not good news at all. This is worrying on many fronts.
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Merusk on February 29, 2012, 12:20:00 PM Care to explain how it's worrying, monkey-man? It's not game-dev folks and with the game in the decline we've been chortling about for 9 months it's pretty much an expected outcome.
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Paelos on February 29, 2012, 12:21:25 PM Care to explain how it's worrying, monkey-man? It's not game-dev folks and with the game in the decline we've been chortling about for 9 months it's pretty much an expected outcome. I have friends there. Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Ingmar on February 29, 2012, 12:31:16 PM This smells like outsourcing of customer service to me too.
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Paelos on February 29, 2012, 01:33:17 PM Checked with my associates. They are safe for now.
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Wolf on March 01, 2012, 01:11:18 AM http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/4079626833#1 post by mike morhaim on the topic. Looks like Ingmar is right. Hope they don't outsource to whatever ea is using :oh_i_see:
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Fabricated on March 01, 2012, 07:41:30 AM But who will I complain to when my loot is "ninja'd" in LFR now!??
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Soulflame on March 01, 2012, 08:14:30 AM You'll complain to "Peggy"!
Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Ashamanchill on March 01, 2012, 08:33:47 AM Checked with my associates. They are safe for now. (http://i.imgur.com/Zk62A.jpg) Title: Re: Layoffs at Blizzard Post by: Phred on March 02, 2012, 09:51:47 PM Sigh. I guess they missed Ghostcrawler then.
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