Microsoft Corp.’s gaming division began informing employees of job cuts on Wednesday morning, initiating the process of widespread layoffs that staff have been expecting for the last week. Microsoft’s Barcelona-based King division,

Microsoft is set to layoff thousands of employees worldwide Wednesday, including some in the Microsoft Gaming division.

Reports and rumors of massive layoffs at Xbox have been building since late last month, and the first blood has now been spilled. Bloomberg reports that Candy Crush maker King is cutting 200 employees,