'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
Xbox has undergone a significant restructuring, leading to the layoff of thousands of employees, including industry veterans Christiane Meister from Bethesda Game Studios and Kevin LaChapelle from Xbox. Meister, who designed races for The Elder Scrolls series, and LaChapelle, a lead developer for Xbox's backward compatibility, are now seeking new employment. This wave of layoffs also affected studios like Compulsion Games and Ninja Theory.
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- Entities
- Company Restructuring
- Microsoft
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Activision Blizzard
- Bethesda
- Backward Compatibility
- Xbox
- Avowed
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Joshua Sawyer
- Fallout
- Christiane Meister
- Game Development
- The Elder Scrolls 6
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