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As unfortunate as this was, layoffs aren't exactly an uncommon occurrence in gaming/tech worlds (not just in the last few years) and this doesn't seem that historically significant.



Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being layed off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.

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** Year of the Pegasus (2024-2025)
*** ''Whizbang's Workshop''
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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.

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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played layed off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.
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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition.

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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition. When the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint against Microsoft for the layoffs running against what they had said regarding the acquisition, Microsoft stated that the layoffs had nothing to do with the acquisition and were already planned to happen before it was acquired.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series:
* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'' (1997)
* ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' (2000)
** ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'' (2001)
** ''Diablo II: Resurrected'' (2021)
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' (2012)
** ''Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' (2014)
** ''Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer'' (2017)
* ''Diablo: Immortal'' (2022)
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'' (2023)
** ''Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred'' (2024)

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''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'' (1997)
* ** ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' (2000)
** *** ''Diablo II: Lord of Destruction'' (2001)
** *** ''Diablo II: Resurrected'' (2021)
* ** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' (2012)
** *** ''Diablo III: Reaper of Souls'' (2014)
** *** ''Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer'' (2017)
* ** ''Diablo: Immortal'' (2022)
* ** ''VideoGame/DiabloIV'' (2023)
** *** ''Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred'' (2024)



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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (2004-2007, Re-Released as ''World of Warcraft: Classic'' in 2019) [[note]] The names listed under each expansion are those of the major content patches which were implemented during the games and its expansions.[[/note]]

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* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (2004-2007, Re-Released as ''World of Warcraft: Classic'' in 2019) [[note]] The names listed under each expansion are those of the major content patches which were implemented during the games game and its expansions.[[/note]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)
** ''[=StarCraft=]: Brood War'' (1998)
** ''[=StarCraft=]: Remastered'' (2017)
* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'': (2010-2020)
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' (2010)
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' (2013)
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'' (2015)
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIINovaCovertOps'' (2016)

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* ** ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)
** *** ''[=StarCraft=]: Brood War'' (1998)
** *** ''[=StarCraft=]: Remastered'' (2017)
* ** ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'': (2010-2020)
** *** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' (2010)
** *** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' (2013)
** *** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIILegacyOfTheVoid'' (2015)
** *** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIINovaCovertOps'' (2016)
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*** ''Seeds of Renewal'' (TBA)

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*** ''Seeds of Renewal'' (TBA)(2024)
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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra departed from the company as part of the acquisition.

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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra and Blizzard Chief design officer Alan Abdam departed from the company as part of the acquisition.
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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra departed from the company as part of the acquisition.

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Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024.2024, with Blizzard being the company most affected by it. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra departed from the company as part of the acquisition.

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Since 2007, Blizzard is a part of video game publisher Creator/ActivisionBlizzard, which is then bought out by Creator/{{Microsoft}} in 2023.

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Since 2007, Blizzard is a part of video game publisher Creator/ActivisionBlizzard, which is was then bought out by Creator/{{Microsoft}} in 2023.2023.

Following Microsoft acquiring the company, a massive wave of layoffs throughout it and the rest of Microsoft's gaming divisions numbering in 1,900 workers being played off occurred on January 25th, 2024. On that same day, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra departed from the company as part of the acquisition.
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Blizzard Entertainment is one of the computer game industry's most successful development studios. Originally founded in 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse, they were closely associated with Creator/InterplayEntertainment in their early years, producing ports of sundry Interplay games as well as several original titles developed primarily for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem. After initially renaming themselves ''Chaos Studios'', before soon after changing once more to their current name, Blizzard moved to developing computer games. In 1994, the studio released a RealTimeStrategy game called ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}: Orcs and Humans''. The rest, as they clichédly say, is history.

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Blizzard Entertainment is one of the computer game industry's most successful development studios. Originally founded in 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse, they were closely associated with Creator/InterplayEntertainment in their early years, producing ports of sundry Interplay games as well as several original titles developed primarily for the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem.Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem. After initially renaming themselves ''Chaos Studios'', before soon after changing once more to their current name, Blizzard moved to developing computer games. In 1994, the studio released a RealTimeStrategy game called ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}: Orcs and Humans''. The rest, as they clichédly say, is history.
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Capitalization was fixed from Franchise.Starcraft to Franchise.Star Craft. Null edit to update index.
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* ''VideoGame/Diablo1997'' (1996)''VideoGame/{{Diablo|1997}}'' (1997)

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* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' (1996)

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* ''VideoGame/Diablo1997''
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** ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)

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** * ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}'' (1998)

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