MYSTERIOUS: 5 | Mind Blowing Facts

Elder Scrolls Online is "not going to be able to put out the amount of content at the speed" it was, former dev says following Xbox layoffs

Xbox has laid off staff from the studio again after major layoffs in 2025

GamesRadar · Jul 16

Xbox layoffs claim leadership of Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax, including a 14-year veteran who was only appointed to run the studio last July

The Bethesda studio reportedly plans to "transition" to new leadership

GamesRadar · Jul 16

Making Fallout and Elder Scrolls games will "be harder than ever now" following Xbox cuts, say laid-off Bethesda devs calling loss of institutional knowledge "staggering"

The Microsoft studio "lost a lot of talent this week"

GamesRadar · Jul 15

"We still have the crew we need": Xbox's DOOM dev id Software responds to layoffs, assures fans "we're going to keep building the great games and tech"

Xbox's DOOM studio id Software has officially responded to cuts at the developer, promising players that it will go on and continue working on new games.

Windows Central · Jul 10

"Our next steps are to mobilize": Bethesda union members are protesting Xbox's layoffs with a 'Save Our Devs' march next week after 440 ZeniMax cuts

Union workers at Bethesda are marching against Xbox layoffs at ZeniMax studios next week during a protest that will be held across four cities.

Windows Central · Jul 10

Bethesda's last Skyrim concept artist has been laid off after "almost 18 years of dedication to The Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Starfield" amid Xbox cuts: "It has been my honor"

Ray Lederer contributed to several of the studio's biggest games

GamesRadar · Jul 10

Summary: what's happening at Xbox?

Everything we know about the "Xbox Reset," from Compulsion and Double Fine going independent to Bethesda layoffs and what it means for future Xbox games

GamesRadar · Jul 10

'I find myself in the novel position of looking for a job' — 27-year Bethesda veteran who designed Skyrim's humanoid races and a Microsoft dev behind Xbox backwards compatibility have been laid off

Thousands of Xbox staff have been laid off, including two industry veterans who worked at Microsoft and Bethesda for decades.

TechRadar · Jul 10

Bethesda union staff to march outside studios over Xbox layoffs: 'The company wants us to accept this as a done deal and quietly disappear'

"We need to show management right now that we mean business."

PC Gamer · Jul 10

How do you put a price tag on a legacy like id Software's?

If Xbox can't find the value in owning the beating heart of the first-person shooter, perhaps it shouldn't be in the videogame business at all.

PC Gamer · Jul 9