Bethesda Employees Thought They Were Safe From Layoffs Thanks to Skyrim, Fallout
Former Bethesda Game Studios Austin developer Anne Barrett shared that employees felt secure from layoffs due to the success of games like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and Fallout, making Xbox's subsequent announcements even more shocking and devastating. The layoffs resulted in a significant drop in morale and a loss of institutional knowledge crucial for the company's proprietary game engine.
- Entities
- Company: Microsoft
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Xbox
- Game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Game: Fallout
- Person: Anne Barrett
- Company: Bethesda Game Studios Montreal
- Topic: Game Development
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