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Microsoft Layoffs Hit Thousands — Sources Say Rare's Everwild Canceled as Xbox Division Takes a Major Hit

Microsoft is undergoing significant job cuts, impacting thousands, especially in its Xbox and sales divisions, as it prioritises AI.

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Xbox is cancelling Rare's 'Everwild' and ZeniMax's new MMORPG IP as part of broader cuts — with 'Perfect Dark' impacted as well

As part of broader cuts to the Xbox division, Rare's Everwild and ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG have been canceled.

Windows Central

ZeniMax QA union reaches a tentative contract agreement with Microsoft including 'substantial across-the-board wage increases,' worker protections, and more

Two months after voting to authorize a strike, the finish line is in sight.

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ZeniMax Media quality assurance workers reach tentative contract with Microsoft after almost two years

After almost two years of negotiations, ZeniMax Media quality assurance workers have a tentative contract with Microsoft.

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Credit where it's due: Bethesda is being admirably normal by letting modders carry on with their competing Oblivion remaster

Not everything needs a DMCA.

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After 10 years of setting-hopping, The Elder Scrolls Online is coming home for a new chapter of its base game story, returning player QoL updates, and a writhing wall of 'soul-juice concrete'

TES the season to be wormy.

PC Gamer

ZeniMax workers union votes to authorize a strike against Microsoft over stalled contract negotiations

After nearly two years of negotiations, a contract agreement still hasn't been reached.

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Not for the first time, workers at Fallout, Doom, and The Elder Scrolls parent ZeniMax threaten strike at Microsoft: "Paying your employees a livable wage as a multi-trillion dollar company is the least they could be doing"

Microsoft says it's "deeply committed to reaching a fair and equitable resolution that acknowledges the teams' contributions"

GamesRadar

Dishonored 2 cost more to make than Skyrim and sold worse, but ex-dev says it was so good that it gave Arkane "seal-of-quality protection" within Bethesda

Hard to argue with that

GamesRadar

Elder Scrolls Online is done with "massive content updates once a year" and is switching to "smaller bite-sized" seasons in 2025

Zenimax is also addressing Cyrodiil performance and improving the "new and returning user experience" with UI and visual upgrades

GamesRadar

The Elder Scrolls Online developer unionizes, joining the wave of unions under Xbox

The Elder Scrolls Online developer ZeniMax Online Studios has unionized, with Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the union.

Windows Central

After a mixed 2024 for Xbox, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a chance to prove why Microsoft deserves Bethesda – and all its acquisitions, actually

Year in Review | This year's Xbox exclusives have been overshadowed by corporate movements, but there's hope on the horizon

GamesRadar

Bethesda Workers Join Strike as Protest Against Planned Remote Work, Outsourcing Policies

Hundreds of Bethesda workers are planning to join a strike as protest against remote work and outsourcing policies.

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Hundreds of ZeniMax workers go on strike to protest Microsoft 'dragging their feet' on negotiations over job security and remote work

Employees have walked out at ZeniMax locations in Maryland and Texas.

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"Massive roadblocks" with Microsoft explained as ZeniMax QA employee union goes on strike — here's what the workers are asking for

ZeniMax quality assurance testers are striking for a day to get Microsoft to meet their demands around remote and outsourced work.

GamesRadar

Xbox faces hundreds of striking employees as union at Bethesda parent ZeniMax stages a walkout to "tell Microsoft to stop dragging their feet"

ZeniMax Workers United reckons "Microsoft runs on outsourcing"

Inverse

America's Biggest Video Games Union Goes On Strike Over Microsoft Outsourcing

Hundreds of Bethesda video game workers, who work on titles like Fallout 76 and Skyrim, are going on strike across the country. At issue: Microsoft outsourcing quality control jobs.

PC Gamer

The Doom mod that turns Margaret Thatcher into an undead cyberdemon has been removed by Bethesda yet again, this time for 'disobeying a ZeniMax employee'

Theatrically censoring the "real-world politics" apparently did not amuse Bethesda.

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GamesRadar

Microsoft is reportedly laying off a further 650 people from its gaming staff, 7 months after cutting 1,900 roles across ZeniMax, Xbox, and Activision Blizzard

Microsoft previously announced around 1,900 layoffs in late January

PC Gamer

After 10 years of reinventing The Elder Scrolls Online, its devs say they'd have only done one thing differently: 'Pick the game you want to make'

Studio director Matt Firor and creative director Rich Lambert say ESO's early struggles ultimately made for a better game.

GamesRadar

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle devs are "thrilled" to bring the game to PS5, which won't be too hard because it was made with multiplatform tech anyway

The more the merrier

Windows Central

DOOM: The Dark Ages comes to light as leaks drip from QuakeCon

A closed-door reveal of DOOM: The Dark Ages at QuakeCon 2024 has led to a deluge of leaks from content creators in attendance.

PC Gamer

Hi-Fi Rush lives: PUBG owner Krafton has acquired Tango Gameworks from Xbox

The move will allow "the talented team to continue developing the Hi-Fi Rush IP".

Windows Central

Former Xbox studio Tango Gameworks and 'Hi-Fi Rush' have been acquired by PUBG's Krafton Inc, saving it from closure

Krafton of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fame is picking up former Xbox studio Tango Gameworks, known for The Evil Within and Hi-Fi Rush. Microsoft has offered a statement, too.

PC Gamer

World of Warcraft dev says the game's 500-strong union, spurred on by 2021 controversies, has been aided by the move to Microsoft

"We've had CWA representatives and members from other video game unions like Sega and ZeniMax on the campus."

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