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Microsoft games firm Blizzard moves Cork roles to Portugal and Egypt
The company is planning to sublet parts of its Blackpool office having cut 136 out of its 198 staff
Blizzard, the Microsoft-owned video game company, has told workers being laid off at its Cork office that it is replacing many of their roles with contractors in Egypt and Portugal.
The firm, which is part of the Activision Blizzard group bought by Microsoft for $68 billion last year, is in the process of cutting up to 136 of the 198 staff it employs as part of a global round of job cuts. Activision, another company ...
