<story><title>Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whoswho</author><text>As a grown ass man who played Vikings&amp;#x2F;rnrr&amp;#x2F;superman&amp;#x2F;War1&amp;#x2F;War2 &amp;#x2F; War2BNE &amp;#x2F;SC1&amp;#x2F; SC1X&amp;#x2F;{basically every released and unreleased blizzard title including alphas}, I really really wish I could see a successor game that doesn’t have pinups of women that look like they have yoga tights and crop tops for armor. It would be nice to have a game that’s a bit less thirsty.</text></item><item><author>iammjm</author><text>Have you already seen Zerospace?[1] I think it also looks great and there are some SC&amp;#x2F;SC2 pros involved in making it&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.steampowered.com&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;1605850&amp;#x2F;ZeroSpace&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.steampowered.com&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;1605850&amp;#x2F;ZeroSpace&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>AlexandrB</author><text>&amp;gt; I need Starcraft 3 badly :)&lt;p&gt;I do too, but I don&amp;#x27;t think Blizzard are going to be the ones to make it[1].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;playstormgate.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;playstormgate.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>iammjm</author><text>&amp;quot;primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard, some Xbox and ZeniMax employees will also be impacted &amp;#x2F; work out to roughly 8 percent of the overall Microsoft Gaming division that stands at around 22,000 employees in total.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;2k employees look like a lot, 8% looks kinda better. I need Starcraft 3 badly :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>solardev</author><text>As another grown ass man (well, more or less) who also played those games, what really bothers me is that dude&amp;#x27;s haircut. It&amp;#x27;s like a grease tsunami had sex with a chia pet.&lt;p&gt;I miss the 90s, can you tell?</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees</title><url>https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24049050/microsoft-activision-blizzard-layoffs</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>whoswho</author><text>As a grown ass man who played Vikings&amp;#x2F;rnrr&amp;#x2F;superman&amp;#x2F;War1&amp;#x2F;War2 &amp;#x2F; War2BNE &amp;#x2F;SC1&amp;#x2F; SC1X&amp;#x2F;{basically every released and unreleased blizzard title including alphas}, I really really wish I could see a successor game that doesn’t have pinups of women that look like they have yoga tights and crop tops for armor. It would be nice to have a game that’s a bit less thirsty.</text></item><item><author>iammjm</author><text>Have you already seen Zerospace?[1] I think it also looks great and there are some SC&amp;#x2F;SC2 pros involved in making it&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.steampowered.com&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;1605850&amp;#x2F;ZeroSpace&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;store.steampowered.com&amp;#x2F;app&amp;#x2F;1605850&amp;#x2F;ZeroSpace&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>AlexandrB</author><text>&amp;gt; I need Starcraft 3 badly :)&lt;p&gt;I do too, but I don&amp;#x27;t think Blizzard are going to be the ones to make it[1].&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;playstormgate.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;playstormgate.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>iammjm</author><text>&amp;quot;primarily laying off roles at Activision Blizzard, some Xbox and ZeniMax employees will also be impacted &amp;#x2F; work out to roughly 8 percent of the overall Microsoft Gaming division that stands at around 22,000 employees in total.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;2k employees look like a lot, 8% looks kinda better. I need Starcraft 3 badly :)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gary_0</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s kind of weird how much of the gaming industry still caters to the teenage boy demographic.</text></comment>