According to anonymous insiders, the shift has already quietly begun at Activision Blizzard.
In January, Phil Spencer announced Microsoft was laying off almost 2,000 staffers.
This claim jives with the studio’s eagerness to use AI for concept art.
Activision didn’t limit the cuts to just CoD staff.
It wasn’t just temps and junior staff either.
Annunziata said Blizzard sacked associate- and senior-level artists, as well.
What a fucked up day.
Half the environment art team cut from OW2, folks I helped hire and train.
associate-senior levels looking for work if your teams have openings plop em below.
Many others have cut their workforce by double-digit percentages, citing everything but AI.
Today, 2D artists are losing their jobs.
