User blog:Conqueror of all Zombies/Activision and Infinity Ward Hit by Layoffs

Despite the fact that Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was the best selling game of last year, Activision has laid off 5 percent of its workforce. This, in part, was due to the fact that Infinite Warfare underperformed the expectations the company had for it. Infinity Ward itself lost 20 employees, which is about 16% of their workforce.