According to this article over at Kotaku, Activision Publishing has laid off 5% of their workforce across several companies this week.
From what we’ve heard, Activision Publishing laid off 5% of their workforce, although the company’s other divisions, like Blizzard Entertainment and MLG, were not affected. Activision Publishing, which is a division of Activision-Blizzard, comprises the publisher’s corporate headquarters in Santa Monica as well as a number of studios across North America, including Infinity Ward, Beenox, and Treyarch.