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The FTC isn't happy about Microsoft Activision Blizzard layoffs

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The US Federal Trade Commission sure isn’t happy about Microsoft’s decision to lay off 1,900 staff from its games business. As spotted by Bloomberg , the government body has written a letter to th.
The US Federal Trade Commission sure isn’t happy about Microsoft’s decision to lay off 1,900 staff from its games business.
As spotted by Bloomberg, the government body has written a letter to the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals saying that the layoffs – which are impacting workers at the Call of Duty giant – contradict statements the Xbox giant made when trying to win approval of the acquisition; namely that Activision Blizzard would operate independently once the deal was closed.

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