Tom Warren

Blizzard president Mike Ybarra is leaving the company. Ybarra’s departure comes on the same day Microsoft announced 1,900 job cuts that impact Xbox, Zenimax, and Activision Blizzard workers. The surprise departure comes just two months after Ybarra told Bloomberg “someone will drag me out of Blizzard. That’s how long I will be here.” You can read the full memo from Microsoft’s game content and studios president, Matt Booty, right here.

The European Commission is forcing Microsoft to make changes to Windows 11 in Europe, but it looks like Microsoft Edge and Bing will be spared from the EU’s Digital Markets Act. Bloomberg reports that EU regulators have “tentatively concluded” that Bing and Edge aren’t dominant enough for the DMA regulations. It’s a reprieve for Microsoft that is expected to be officially confirmed next month.