Game news Xbox: soon an army of developers for Microsoft, here are the figures
Microsoft has an appetite, hard to deny. Between the growth of its workforce already present and the takeovers that have taken place or will soon take place, the number of developers within the Xbox fold is now impressive…
15,000 developers at Xbox
Microsoft news has been the talk of the town for the past few years and for good reason: the manufacturer is working hard to build an overwhelming future in the world of video games. Xbox can thus rely on the fabulous portfolio of its parent company to truly realize its gluttonous ambitions, for example by acquiring tenth art giants like Activison-Blizzard for nearly $70 billion. Enough to pass the 7.5 billion of the acquisition of Bethesda for pocket money.
Inevitably, some try to take a step back from the situation. The Twitter account Unregulated Mathematics thus shared an edifying graph, representing the number of developers working for Xbox in 2023 (year from which Activision-Blizzard will be officially acquired by Microsoft). This would represent approximately 15,000 people (between 14,000 and 15,000, depending on Goggles), the majority of which comes precisely from the firm of Bobby Kotick.
Activision-Blizzad, a monster soon to be swallowed
A striking image that allows us to better consider the size of the ranks of Activision-Blizzard. Blizzard alone would include, for example, about 5,000 employees; King, one of the kings of the mobile industry, about 2000 head. Here is a list of the squad (always shared by Krobrille), which is enough to raise some eyebrows. It is recalled that these data should be effective in 2023.
What is the number of developers at Xbox? (distribution by studios)
- Alpha Dog Games : more than 30 people
- Roundhouse Studios : more than 50 studios
- World’s Edge : more than 50 people
- Grandfather: more than 70 people
- Compulsion Games : more than 70 people
- The Initiative : more than 70 people
- Double Fine Productions : more than 70 people
- InXile Entertainment : more than 100 people
- Undead Labs : more than 100 people
- XGS Publishing : more than 100 people
- Turn 10 Studios : more than 150 people
- MachineGames : more than 150 people
- Toys for Bob : more than 180 people
- Tango Gameworks : more than 200 people
- High Moon Studios : more than 200 people
- Rare : more than 250 people
- Obsidian Entertainment : more than 250 people
- Playground Games : more than 300 people
- Arkane Studios : more than 300 people
- Id sofwtare : more than 300 people
- Zenimax Online : more than 350 people
- Raven Software : more than 350 studios
- The Coalition : more than 350 people
- Beenox : more than 350 people
- Bethesda Game Studios : more than 420 people
- Sledgehammer Games : more than 450 people
- Infinity Ward : more than 500 people
- Treyarch : more than 550 people
- 343 Industries : more than 700 people
- King : more than 2000 people
- Blizzard : more than 5000 people
Through Max_Cagnard, Journalist jeuxvideo.com
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