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Microsoft lays off 1,900 Activision Blizzard and Xbox employees
(www.theverge.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Software engineer (luckily not in games) here. Definitely feeling it in terms of looking for a new job. Everyone's only looking for senior engineers and they're SUPER picky because there are so many unemployed engineers applying, even in my country where there are a lot fewer layoffs.