Xbox layoffs: jobs lost at Bethesda, more reported at id Software
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced sweeping layoffs affecting approximately 3,200 employees, or 20% of the organization. Several studios, including Bethesda, Zenimax Online Studios, and id Software, have confirmed job losses, with up to half of the team working on The Elder Scrolls Online reportedly impacted. Five studios are being divested, with Double Fine and Compulsion Games becoming independent, and Ninja Theory and Undead Labs in the process of being acquired.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Company: Microsoft
- Company: Ninja Theory
- Game: Fallout 76
- Person: Jessica Clark
- Topic: Layoffs
- Company: Compulsion Games
- Company: Bethesda
- Company: DoubleFine
- Company: Zenimax Media
- Company: Undead Labs
- Company: Xbox
- Person: Jason Schreier
- Topic: Game Development
- Game: The Elder Scrolls Online
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