Publishing giant Activision Blizzard has restructured itself, reports IndustryGamers {link no longer active}. The company is now divided into four distinct units: one to oversee Call of Duty, a second unit to handle other internally owned properties such as Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, a third to deal with licensed properties, and the fourth is World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment, which remains unchanged.
Mike Griffith, previously president of Activision Publishing, has been named vice chairman and in this new role, Griffith will serve as advisor to CEO Bobby Kotick. The reorganization resulted in another 15 layoffs at Activision, spokeswoman Maryanne Lataif confirmed. “We realigned our structure to better reflect our slate and marketing opportunities and direct our resources against the largest most profitable business segments,” she said.
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