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Microsoft gaming division suffers further layoffs

  Last week, it was   rumored   that Microsoft was getting ready for a major round of layoffs within the Xbox team.   Bloomberg  is now reporting   that employees in the company’s gaming division were informed of job cuts Wednesday morning. The PC giant has been on a cost-cutting mission lately,   announcing   it would let go of 3 percent of its global workforce earlier this summer, and announcing a   further 9,000 job cuts   on Wednesday. According to  Bloomberg , Microsoft’s Stockholm-based King division, famous for  Candy Crush , is laying off 10 percent of its staff, representing roughly 200 jobs. While some other European gaming offices are also cutting, US units are reportedly being informed later Wednesday.
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