Employer · WARN Act history · Information Technology
Activision Blizzard
1,973 workers across 2 WARN notices, primarily in CA - recorded in the current PlainLayoffs dataset.
- 1,973
- Workers cut
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Activision Blizzard has 2 recorded WARN filings affecting 1,973 workers
According to WARN Act filings submitted to state workforce agencies, Activision Blizzard has 2 recorded filings covering 1,973 workers across 1 state, primarily CA, the 67th-largest recorded WARN footprint among 7,009 tracked employers. WARN notices cover qualifying reported events, so this record is not a complete count of the employer's workforce changes.
Activision Blizzard accounts for 1.7% of Information Technology's 117,723 WARN-laid-off workers across 194 tracked employers in the dataset — #6 in Information Technology by workers affected.
How 1,973 workers split by filing year
Calendar-year totals from WARN notice_date fields in this dataset, the same figures summed in the notice history below.
Activision Blizzard city concentration · single-city dominant
Named cities on WARN filing rows only (city blank on a filing is omitted). Shares are of the city-tagged worker total, not every notice in the record.
96.3% of named-city WARN workers for Activision Blizzard sit in Santa Monica (1,900 of 1,973).
Lead city Santa Monica · 96.3% · 2 named cities · top-3 share 100%
DOL WARN employer filing desk
Employer ACTIVISION-B · Activision Blizzard 1,973 workers · 2 filings
NOTC-LIGHT · WORK-TOP · PHOTO-UNK · RUNWAY-UNK · STAT-SINGLE · BOOK-DUAL · TYPE-LAYOFF
- NOTC-LIGHT 2 filings
- WORK-TOP #67
- PHOTO-UNK No peer
- RUNWAY-UNK Runway n/a
- STAT-SINGLE CA
- BOOK-DUAL 2 agencies
- TYPE-LAYOFF 2 layoffs
Stamps derive from filed notice_date, effective_date, workers_affected, state agency source, and filing type in this dataset, not a prediction of future layoffs.
Largest Activision Blizzard WARN filings · notice runway
Top 2 rows by workers_affected from this employer's filed notices. Runway = calendar days from notice_date to effective_date when both are published and forward-dated.
- Santa Monica, CA · Layoff · Information Technology 1,900 workers · filed Feb 22, 2024 · 0d runway
- Alton Pkwy Irvine, CA · Layoff · Administrative & Support Services 73 workers · filed Jul 2, 2025 · 0d runway
Median forward runway across 2 dated filings: 0 days (2 under 60d · 0 at/above 60d · 2 same-day or retroactive).
What changed - Activision Blizzard WARN filings by year
Computed from filed notice dates in this dataset (calendar years), not a vendor release label. Latest compared pair: .
- 2024 → 2025: WARN workers affected for Activision Blizzard fell from 1,900 in 2024 to 73 in 2025; notice count held from 1 to 1.
Site-wide YoY movers: /changes (RSS). Dataset corrections: /changelog. Year hubs: /year/2025.
Where Activision Blizzard Falls Among Tracked Employers
7,009 employers with a WARN filing, bucketed by total workers affected
Bucket counts (employers by total workers affected, as of September 2026): 1-10: 955; 11-50: 1,411; 51-150: 3,067; 151-500: 1,205; 501-1.5k: 273; 1.5k-5k: 72; 5k-15k: 16; 15k+: 10. Activision Blizzard is in the 1.5k-5k bucket (#67 of 7,009 by workers affected).
Employer Profile
Not all layoffs appear in WARN data, see our methodology for the federal + state coverage thresholds. Latest filing: Jul 2025.
WARN Notice History
2025
Alton Pkwy Irvine, CA · Administrative & Support Services
Effective: Jul 2, 2025
73
workers
Filed Jul 2, 2025
2024
Santa Monica, CA · Information Technology
Effective: Feb 22, 2024
1,900
workers
Filed Feb 22, 2024
Questions about this Activision Blizzard record
What is the largest Activision Blizzard WARN filing on record? ▼
The largest row is the mass layoff filed for Santa Monica, CA on Feb 22, 2024, covering 1,900 workers in Information Technology.
Where were Activision Blizzard's WARN notices filed? ▼
The filings name Alton Pkwy Irvine and Santa Monica; together they form 2 mass-layoff filings sourced from California EDD and the public WARN archive. States represented in this record: CA.
Where is Activision Blizzard's WARN footprint concentrated by city? ▼
96.3% of named-city WARN workers for Activision Blizzard sit in Santa Monica (1,900 of 1,973).
Does Activision Blizzard's filing history show a recurring pattern? ▼
The filing history spans 2024 through 2025 across 2 calendar years; that recurrence is visible in the dated rows rather than inferred from news coverage.
How much advance notice appears in Activision Blizzard's record? ▼
No trustworthy advance-notice runway can be derived from these rows because the source dates are equal, missing, or retroactive.
See also: CA WARN filings · Information Technology industry WARNs · WARN Act guide · largest WARN employers
Source: State WARN Act layoff registries Activision Blizzard notice history aggregated from state workforce agency filings · September 2026 A WARN filing is a required notice, not a judgment of the employer's management or finances. Coverage follows states with structured public registries; this public-record summary is not legal advice, financial advice, or employment advice.
Every figure on PlainLayoffs is rendered directly from public WARN Act filings and state workforce agency records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's notice history is rendered directly from state WARN Act filings. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026. A WARN filing is a legally required notice, not a judgment of a company's management or financial health; rankings here reflect filed notice volume only.