Activision Blizzard cuts 8% of jobs amid ‘best’ financial results

Activision is planning to cut “non-development jobs” because it isn’t releasing enough games. This news comes via a Kotaku report that claims new Blizzard boss J. Allen Brack sent a letter to employees detailing the layoffs. GamesBeat has separately confirmed that Activision Publishing boss Rob Kotish sent a message to employees that said layoffs are coming. He did not get into specifics in that message.

And confirming everything above reported above, the publisher is laying off people across Activision Publishing, Blizzard Entertainment, and King. During a conference call with investors this afternoon, Activision said it is cutting 8 percent of jobs, which is about 800 of 9,600 employees.