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Jae C. Hong
Despite very good economic results, Activision Blizzard will close a site in France.
The publisher of global successes of video games like
Call of Duty
informed Tuesday to some 270 employees of its Versailles site that it intended to close it, we learned from the company.
A meeting of the CSE scheduled for October 13 and 14
“We have informed our staff representatives of a plan to reorganize our activities.
The implementation of this project would lead to the closure of the Versailles office, ”the company said.
“With this in mind, we are working on several processes and a meeting of the CSE (social and economic committee) is scheduled for October 13 and 14,” she added.
Activision justifies this decision to close by the desire to "adapt to a constantly evolving and highly competitive digital industry".
"The objective is to optimize the talent and expertise from which we benefit," he said.
Better than forecast
The group exploded its own sales forecasts in the second quarter, driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
It announced in August a turnover of nearly $ 2 billion over the period, up 38% year-on-year, when it forecast only $ 1.7 billion.
It now forecasts nearly 7.3 billion net income in 2020 (against 6.8 billion announced in May), for an adjusted earnings per share of 2.87 dollars (against 2.62 dollars).
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