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Activision Blizzard to Shut French Office Rooted in Its Past

  • Blizzard was part of Vivendi unit that merged with Activision
  • Brexit, Covid pandemic scuttled plans to move to London

    

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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc. informed employees in its Versailles, France, office Tuesday that the location will be closed, putting an end to the U.S. company’s history in the country.

The Versailles office employed about 400 people as of early 2019 and handled marketing, customer support, localizing games to different languages and other functions for the titles Activision Blizzard publishes in Europe.

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