The commentators, directors, and directors were all laid off! Activision Blizzard's esports projects are in trouble

Recently, Matt Morello, the former deputy director of the Overwatch League OWL, said: Activision Blizzard has laid off a large number of employees related to e-sports business, and he is also among the layoffs.

According to people familiar with the matter, the layoffs in the e-sports business are only part of the 1,900 layoff plan announced by Microsoft last week, and the e-sports project will still proceed as planned.

Those fired include Overwatch caster Soe Gschwind, who also hosted a video last week about Overwatch 2's new esports initiative, which included Established the Overwatch Championship Series and formed partnerships with Faceit and Dreamhack.

The list of layoffs also includes the "Observer" team of "Overwatch" and "Call of Duty", who are mainly responsible for behind-the-scenes aspects such as controlling cameras and esports broadcasts. "The broadcast team puts so much into their league, esports, and games that many people won't know," wrote broadcast manager Jess DiPaola. "I feel very sad."

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